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Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) is best known for his discovery of radioactivity in 1896. Becquerel studied phosphorescence, X-rays, and spectral lines absorbed by crystals. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.
First edition. Becquerel's doctoral thesis on the absorption of light in crystals.