Author: Biquard, Pierre, translated by Geoffrey Strachan,
Title: Frederic Joliot-Curie: the man and his theories (Profiles in Science).
Description: Greenwich, CT, Fawcett, (1966). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. One of the most brilliant scientists & most controversial political figures of this century. With his wife, the daughter. of Marie Curie, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1935 for the discovery of artificial radioactivity. This discovery & his later work in the fission of uranium atoms gave pre-war France an immense lead in nuclear research. After the war, he was appointed High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, but his blunk & outspoken opposition to the manufacture & use of atomic weaponry caused him to be dismissed. His wife died of leukemia & he knew he was doomed due to years spend handling radioactive material.

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