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Irène Joliot-Curie
(12 Sep 1897 - 17 Mar 1956)
French physicist and physical chemist.
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Science Quotes by Irène Joliot-Curie (1 quote)
That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life—this our mother [Marie Curie] has told us always, but never that science was the only career worth following.
— Irène Joliot-Curie
As quoted by Mary Margaret McBride in A Long Way From Missouri (1959), 123.
See also:
- 12 Sep - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Joliot-Curie's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
