The name of Antoine-Henri Becquerel, the discoverer of radioactivity, is commemorated in the unit of radioactivity. One Becquerel is one disintegration (or nuclear “transmutation”) per second.

1896: Radioactivity is discovered accidentally by French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel. Becquerel was investigating German colleague Wilhelm Roentgen‘s work on phosphorescence in uranium ...

How much does an Antoine Henri Becquerel cost? Antoine Henri Becquerel's work has been offered at auction multiple times. Among the artist's sold works is " Recherches expérimentales, c. 1899-1903.

Henri Becquerel, who shared a 1903 Physics Nobel with the Curies, has a different unit of radiation named after him. The becquerel (Bq) is the SI unit of radioactivity. A Bq is equal to the amount of ...

One of the most famous cases, involves French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel, who accidentally discovered radioactivity by leaving a piece of granite on photographic paper in a drawer of his desk.

Marie Curie and her fellow researchersPleasurably, I did learn a few details that I didn’t know before. One of the most important new perspectives I gained was about Henri Becquerel’s ...