Marie Curie

A Life

Susan Quinn

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Da Capo Press Inc
20 March 1996

Biography: general; Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Chemistry

One hundred years ago, Marie Curie discovered radioactivity, for which she won the Nobel Prize in physics. In 1911 she won an unprecedented second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry, for isolating new radioactive elements. Despite these achievements, or perhaps because of her fame, she has remained a saintly, unapproachable genius. From family documents and a private journal only recently made available, Susan Quinn at last tells the full human story. From the stubborn sixteen-year-old studying science at night while working as a governess, to her romance and scientific partnership with Pierre Curie,an extraordinary marriage of equals,we feel her defeats as well as her successes: her rejection by the French Academy, her unbearable grief at Pierre's untimely and gruesome death, and her retreat into a love affair with a married fellow scientist, causing a scandal which almost cost her the second Nobel Prize. In Susan Quinn's fully dimensional portrait, we come at last to know this complicated, passionate, brilliant woman.

By: Susan Quinn
Imprint: Da Capo Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 710g
ISBN: 9780201887945
ISBN 10: 0201887940
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 20 March 1996
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , A / AS level , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

* Introduction * A Family with Convictions * A Double Life * Some Very Hard Days * A Precious Sense of Liberty * A Beautiful Thing * Everything Hoped For * Discovery * A Theory of Matter * The Prize * Turning Toward Home * Desolation and Despair * A New Alchemy * Rejection * Scandal * Recovery * Serving France * America * A Thousand Bonds * Legacies