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Biologist Pierre Joliot, grandson of the Curies, dies at 94

Original: Biologist Pierre Joliot, photosynthesis pioneer and grandson of Pierre and Marie Curie, dies at 94

French biologist Pierre Joliot, a leading researcher on photosynthesis and the grandson of physicists Pierre and Marie Curie, has died at the age of 94. Joliot spent much of his career at the Collège de France and the CNRS, continuing one of France's most celebrated scientific dynasties, and his death has drawn tributes from across the French scientific community.

Why now: News of the death of a prominent scientist from the famous Curie family has just been announced.

Pierre JoliotMarie CuriePierre CurieCollège de FranceCNRS

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• Biologist Pierre Joliot, photosynthesis pioneer and grandson of Pierre and Marie Curie, dies at 94 · Le Monde.fr

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