1. Pierre Curie is a great scientist and he is honoured all over the world.
2. The very choice of his future career was under the great influence of his father.
3. His first studies were in the field of radioactivity.
4. The joint work of the two scientists was of the greatest importance for mankind.
5. Pierre Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in the field of electricity and magnetism.
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1. Where was Pierre Curie born?
2. What was his father interested in?
3. Where did Curie start working as a laboratory assistant?
4. What was the subject of his doctorate research?
5. What led Pierre Curie to the discovery of the piezoelectric properties of crystals?
6. When was the term physics of crystals used?
7. What devices are now based on piezoelectrical transformers?
8. What has the joint work of Pierre and Marie Curie in the field of radioactivity led to?
9. What are advantages and disadvantages of using atomic energy?
10. What did Pierre Curie call scientists on?
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1. What field of science did Pierre and Marie Curie work in?
2. What did Pierre Curie realize over a century ago?
3. When did he die and under what circumstances?
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11. The abacus emerged about 5000 years ago.
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12. Modern computers do much more than simply compute.
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13. G.W. von Leibniz improved Pascals calculator.
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| 17. | This device allows users | b | to make computations. |
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| 19. | In 1889 Herman Holleriths calculating machine was used | d | to decipher German Codes in the World War II. |
| 20. | The real computer Colossus was used | e | than a computer. |
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