Henri Becquerel
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| Antoine Henri Becquerel | |
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| Born | December 15, 1852 Paris, France |
| Died | August 25, 1908 (aged 55) Le Croisic, France |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Known for | Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 |
Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity in 1898.[1] The SI unit becquerel is named after him. One becquerel (Bq) is equal to one radioactive decay process per second.
References [change]
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903". nobelprize.org. 2011 [last update]. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
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