French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956).

synonym: Irene Joliot-Curie.

French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958).

synonyms: Jean-Frederic Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie, Joliot.