French physicist Antoine-Henri Becquerel's landmark research on x rays and his discovery of radiation laid the foundation for many scientific advances of the early twentieth century. X rays were discovered in 1895 by the German physicist Wilhelm...

(born December 15, 1852, Paris, France—died August 25, 1908, Le Croisic) French physicist who discovered radioactivity through his investigations of uranium and other substances. In 1903 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Pierre and Marie...

1852-1908 French Physicist Henri Becquerel had already established himself as a respected French physicist when his discovery of radioactivity, in 1896, catapulted him into the ranks of the world's leading scientists. Although the discovery was...

(born Dec. 15, 1852, Paris, France—died Aug. 25, 1908, Le Croisic) French physicist. His grandfather, Antoine-César (1788–1878), was one of the founders of the field of electrochemistry, and his father, Alexandre-Edmond...

Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852 ; August 25, 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity. He won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering...