 irÃ¨ne joliot-curie (12 september 1897 â 17 march 1956) was a french scientist, the daughter of marie curie and pierre curie and the wife of frÃ©dÃ©ric joliot-curie. jointly with her husband, joliot-curie was awarded the nobel prize for chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. this made the curies the family with the most nobel laureates to date. both children of the joliot-curies, hÃ©lÃ¨ne and pierre, are also esteemed scientists. ==biography== ===early life and education=== curie was born in paris, france. after a year of traditional education, which began when she was 10 years old, her parents realized her obvious mathematical talent and decided that irÃ¨neâs academic abilities needed a more challenging environment. marie joined forces with a number of eminent french scholars, including the prominent french physicist paul langevin to form âthe cooperative,â a private gathering of some of the most distinguished academics in france. each contributed to educating one anotherâs children in their respective homes. the curriculum of the cooperative was varied and included not only the principles of science and scientific research but such diverse subjects as chinese and sculpture and with great emphasis placed on self-expression and play.http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/irenejoliot-curie.html woodrow wilson national fellowship foundation this arrangement lasted for two years after which curie re-entered a more orthodox learning environment at the [[
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