Pierre Curie [SEP] educated at
. Pierre and Marie Curie's granddaughter, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, is a professor of nuclear physics at the University of Paris, and their grandson, Pierre Joliot, who was named after Pierre Curie, is a noted biochemist.
Death.
Pierre Curie died in a street accident in Paris on 19 April 1906. Crossing the busy Rue Dauphine in the rain at the Quai de Conti, he slipped and fell under a heavy horse-drawn cart. He died instantly when one of the wheels ran over his head
Georges Calas
Georges Calas is professor of mineralogy at the Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University and a senior member of University Institute of France.
Education.
Calas was educated at the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud where he graduated in natural sciences and at Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University where he received his doctorate.
Career.
Prior to his role at the Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University, Calas was full professor (1981–2001) at Paris Diderot University where he chaired