Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie CurieCurie (1867-1934) is still regarded by most as the pre-eminent woman scientist of the 20th century. This biography illuminates both the public Curie, a tireless scientist, and the private one, a woman who suffered bouts of severe depression, was distant from her children and scarred deeply by the accidental death of her scientist husband, Pierre, in 1906. Using long-sealed Curie family archives, Goldsmith offers a well-rounded view of Curie. Goldsmith also reminds us that Curie overcame obstacles, including pervasive sexism within the scientific community that almost cost her the Nobel Prize. |
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Reseña de usuario - Eoin - LibraryThingJust what I wanted to know about Curie, this is a quick and clear study of the woman at the heart of her own mythology. Worth it for the description of her daughters alone. Leer reseña completa
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Reseña de usuario - setnahkt - LibraryThingStarts off well, but author Barbara Goldsmith quickly gets in over her head. This is one of a series on great scientific discoveries; the editors made an idiosyncratic choice of Goldsmith, a best ... Leer reseña completa
Índice
Introduction | 13 |
Early Influences | 20 |
I Came Through It All Honestly | 33 |
Paris | 45 |
Pierre | 53 |
Remarkable Accidents | 61 |
The Question Was Entirely New | 68 |
The Best Sprinters | 80 |
My Children Cannot Awaken Life in Me | 145 |
The Chemistry of the Invisible | 154 |
Honor and Dishonor | 165 |
She Is Very Obstinate | 177 |
All My Strength | 183 |
The Making of a Myth | 191 |
To Pass the Torch | 205 |
Maries Legacy | 220 |
A Beautiful Color | 89 |
What Is the Source of the Energy? | 101 |
I Will Make Him an Help Meet for Him | 107 |
The Disaster of Our Lives | 114 |
We Were Happy | 127 |
The Metamorphosis | 135 |
Acknowledgments | 234 |
Notes | 237 |
248 | |
Photo Credits 256 | |
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