Curie Eve - Madame Curie A Biography - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
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.
Title: Madame Curie A Biography
Author(s): Curie Eve
Publisher: Hachette Books
Barcode: 9780306810381
Pages: 444 Pages
Publication Date: 4/2/2001
Category: Chemistry