Madame Curie : a biography

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This account of the remarkable life and astonishing mind of one of the greatest scientists of the century, written by her daughter, it remains a landmark and an inspiration for students, scientists, and young women everywhere.

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Main Author: Curie, Eve, 1904-2007 (Author)
Other Authors: Sheean, Vincent, 1899-1975 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Da Capo Press, 2001, ©1937.
Edition:2nd Da Capo Press ed.
Series:Da Capo series in science
Subjects:
Curie, Marie, > 1867-1934.
Curie, Marie, > 1867-1934
Chemists > Poland > Biography.
Chemists.
Women > Biography.
Radium.
Radiology > history.
Science.
Chemists > Biography.
Women chemists > Biography.
Poland.
Biography
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Manya
  • Dark days
  • Adolescence
  • Vocations
  • Governess
  • The long wait
  • The escape
  • Paris
  • Forty rubles a month
  • Pierre Curie
  • A young couple
  • The discovery of radium
  • Four years in a shed
  • A hard life
  • A doctor's thesis-and five minutes' talk
  • The enemy
  • Every day
  • April 19, 1906
  • Alone
  • Successes and ordeals
  • War
  • Peace : holidays at Larcouëst
  • America
  • Full bloom
  • On the Île Saint-Louis
  • The laboratory
  • The end of the mission.

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