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Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie Cover Image Book

Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie / Barbara Goldsmith.

Goldsmith, Barbara. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0393051374
  • ISBN: 9780393051377
  • ISBN: 0393327485
  • ISBN: 9780393327489
  • Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Atlas books."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255).
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject:
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Chemists > Poland > Biography.
Women chemists > Poland > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

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