Madame Curie

Madame Curie
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Publisher : Da Capo Press
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 0306810387
ISBN-13 : 9780306810381
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Madame Curie by : Eve Curie

Download or read book Madame Curie written by Eve Curie and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1937 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A biography [of Nobel Prize winner Madame Curie] that stirs the heart and the mind by a fine counterpoint of sense and sensibility, a great story superbly told."--New York Times Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curie's daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curie's legendary achievements in science, including her pioneering efforts in the study of radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. It also spotlights her remarkable life, from her childhood in Poland, to her storybook Parisian marriage to fellow scientist Pierre Curie, to her tragic death from the very radium that brought her fame. Now updated with an eloquent, rousing introduction by best-selling author Natalie Angier, this timeless biography celebrates an astonishing mind and a extraordinary woman's life.


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