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Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie / Barbara Goldsmith.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldsmith, Barbara.
- Series:
- Great discoveries
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
- Curie, Marie.
- Women chemists--Poland--Biography.
- Women chemists.
- Poland.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2005]
- Summary:
- Using original research--diaries, letters, and family interviews--to peel away the layers of myth and reveal the woman behind the icon, acclaimed author and historian Goldsmith offers a dazzling portrait of Marie Curie, her amazing discoveries, and the price she paid for fame.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Early Influences 20
- Chapter 2 "I Came Through It All Honestly" 33
- Chapter 3 Paris 45
- Chapter 4 Pierre 53
- Chapter 5 Remarkable Accidents 61
- Chapter 6 "The Question Was Entirely New" 68
- Chapter 7 "The Best Sprinters" 80
- Chapter 8 "A Beautiful Color" 89
- Chapter 9 "What Is the Source of the Energy?" 101
- Chapter 10 "I Will Make Him an Help Meet for Him" 107
- Chapter 11 "The Disaster of Our Lives" 114
- Chapter 12 "We Were Happy" 127
- Chapter 13 The Metamorphosis 135
- Chapter 14 "My Children...Cannot Awaken Life in Me" 145
- Chapter 15 "The Chemistry of the Invisible" 154
- Chapter 16 Honor and Dishonor 165
- Chapter 17 "She Is Very Obstinate" 177
- Chapter 18 "All My Strength" 183
- Chapter 19 The Making of a Myth 191
- Chapter 20 To Pass the Torch 205
- Chapter 21 Marie's Legacy 220.
- Notes:
- "Atlas books."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255).
- ISBN:
- 0393051374
- OCLC:
- 55797910
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