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OCR: 1859 On May 15 Pierre Curic is born in Paris France. Pierre educ: ation develops his skills in mathematics particularly in spatial geometry 1875 Leaves schoal to go to the University ofParis 1877 At age 18 he gains his Bachelor of Science degree 1878 Takes apost as a laboratory assistant at the University y of Paris. He works with his elder brother, Jacques. and together they discover piezoelectricity (electricity produced by stres crystals) 1882 Becomes superv isor at the Ecole de Physique te Chimie Industrielle in Paris begins his stud lies into magnetism, finding that is related temperature. This lays the foundation for Curie's Law 1895 Is awardeda Ph.D Hi thesis forms the basis for all modern thearies of magnetism. He foes on to concentrate on the physical study new radiations includin ...