Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie
Goldsmith, Barbara
Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie / Barbara Goldsmith - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton , c2005 - 256 p. : illus. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Early influences -- "I came through it all honestly" -- Paris -- Pierre -- Remarkable accidents -- "The question was entirely new" -- "The best sprinters" -- "A beautiful color" -- "What is the source of the energy?" -- "I will make him an help meet for him" -- "The disaster of our lives" -- "We were happy" -- The metamorphosis -- "My children...cannot awaken life in me" -- "The chemistry of the invisible" -- Honor and dishonor -- "She is very obstinate" -- "All my strength" -- The making of a myth -- To pass the torch -- Marie's legacy.
Draws on diaries, letters, and family interviews to discuss the lesser-known achievements and scientific insights of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, documenting how she was compromised by the prejudices of a male-dominated society.
English.
0393051374 (hardcover)
Curie, Marie (, 1867-1934)
Chemist---Poland----Biography
Women chemist ----Biography
QD22.C8 / G56 2005
92 CUR
Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie / Barbara Goldsmith - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton , c2005 - 256 p. : illus. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Early influences -- "I came through it all honestly" -- Paris -- Pierre -- Remarkable accidents -- "The question was entirely new" -- "The best sprinters" -- "A beautiful color" -- "What is the source of the energy?" -- "I will make him an help meet for him" -- "The disaster of our lives" -- "We were happy" -- The metamorphosis -- "My children...cannot awaken life in me" -- "The chemistry of the invisible" -- Honor and dishonor -- "She is very obstinate" -- "All my strength" -- The making of a myth -- To pass the torch -- Marie's legacy.
Draws on diaries, letters, and family interviews to discuss the lesser-known achievements and scientific insights of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, documenting how she was compromised by the prejudices of a male-dominated society.
English.
0393051374 (hardcover)
Curie, Marie (, 1867-1934)
Chemist---Poland----Biography
Women chemist ----Biography
QD22.C8 / G56 2005
92 CUR
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