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Ștefania Mărăcineanu

Ștefania Mărăcineanu
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Ștefania Mărăcineanu was a Romanian physicist. She worked with Marie Curie and studied polonium, which was named for Curie's homeland. She made proposals that later lead to Irène Joliot-Curie's Nobel Prize. Mărăcineanu believed that Joliot-Curie had taken her work on induced radioactivity to receive the prize.

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  1. Arthur EddingtonDecember 28, 1882 – November 22, 1944
  2. Éamon de ValeraOctober 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975
  3. Eugène Joseph DelporteJanuary 10, 1882 – October 19, 1955
  4. Percy Williams BridgmanApril 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961
  5. Ștefania Mărăcineanu (this page)June 18, 1882 – 1944
  6. Wacław SierpińskiMarch 14, 1882 – October 21, 1969

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