Title

(Antoine) Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), French physicist. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

(Antoine) Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), French physicist. In 1896 Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity while investigating the phosphorescence of uranium salts. He shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for physics with Pierre and Marie Curie. The SI unit for radioactivity, the Becquerel, is named after him. (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D18_131

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (1,3Mb) / 9,1in x 12,7in / 2741 x 3820 (300dpi)

Keywords

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