Pierre Curie Quotes

France, Physicist
May 15, 1859 – April, 19, 1906.

Pierre Curie (15 May 1859 – 19 April 1906) was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Skłodowska-Curie, and Henri Becquerel, "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel".

Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.

Pierre Curie
- Great
- Men
- War
Radium could be very dangerous in criminal hands.

Pierre Curie

It would be a fine thing, in which I hardly dare believe, to pass our lives near each other, hypnotized by our dreams.

Pierre Curie
- Dreams
- Lives
- Hypnotized
Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful.

Pierre Curie
It is important to make a dream of life and a dream reality.

Pierre Curie
- Life
- Dream
- Reality