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JOLIOT-CURIE Frédéric (1900-1958)

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Son-in-law of Pierre and Marie Curie, this French physicist and chemist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 together with his wife. L.D.S. to Mr. Ernest T. Weir. Paris, April 23, 1956. 2 pp in-folio. About the last World Peace Council and real reductions in armaments. "While approving all efforts to find a valid compromise leading to real reductions in armaments, the World Peace Council, which relies on public opinion and strives to enlighten it into action, could not renounce expressing the contentious general principles whose realization it ultimately considers necessary: The World Council insists on general disarmament and the absolute elimination of atomic weapons [...]". A typed transcript of the letter in English is attached.