Madame Curie: A Biography

by Eve Curie

Overview

Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide fame, and indeed, one of the great scientists of this century. Winner of two Nobel Prizes (for physics in 1903 and for chemistry in 1911), she performed pioneering studies with radium and contributed profoundly to the understanding of radioactivity. The history of her story-book marriage to Pierre Curie, of their refusal to patent their processes or otherwise profit from the commercial exploitation of radium, and her tragically ironic death are legendary and well known but are here revealed from an inside perspective. But, as this book reveals, it was also true. An astonishing mind and a remarkable life are here portrayed by Marie Curie's daughter in a classic and moving account.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306810381
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	04/02/2001
Series:	Da Capo Series in Science
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	444
Sales rank:	212,026
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 5.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1060L (what's this?)

About the Author

Eve Curie Labouisse is the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie. She has worked in human rights and diplomacy, traveling worldwide on behalf of NATO and the United Nations.

Editorial Reviews

"The actual record of Marie Curie's life is epic. Eve Curie writes that epic movingly."—Chicago Tribune

From the Publisher

The actual record of Marie Curie's life is epic. Eve Curie writes that epic movingly.

Chicago Tribune