Marie Curie's daughter also won Nobel for work on radioactivity
Born on September 12, 1897, IrÃ¨ne Curie was the daughter of scientists Marie and Pierre Curie. Pierre and Marie won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of radioactive elements radium and polonium. IrÃ¨ne continued the family tradition of research and won the 1935 Chemistry Nobel with her husband FrÃ©dÃ©ric Joliot for the synthesis of new radioactive elements.