© CNRS Audiovisuel/Institut Curie - 1998

Reference

267

Rediscovered Experience (The)

The First Measure of The Radioactivity

Sciences historians do not only study texts, they also sometimes try to reconstitute past experiences. In this film, Soraya Boudia, who works at the CRHST (Center for Research in History of Science and Technology), tries to reproduce the measures realized by Marie Curie in order to calibrate radioactive sources.

Duration

00:28:00

Production year

Définition

SD

Color

Color

Sound

Sound

Version(s)

French

Original material

video Beta SP

Author(s)

Scientific topics

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