| Madame Curie: A Biography Contributor(s): Curie, Eve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306810387 ISBN-13: 9780306810381 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Science | Chemistry - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Series: Da Capo Series in Science |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.4" W x 7.82" (1.02 lbs) 444 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |