Marie Curie - A Life

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ISBN
9780201887945
Book Title
Marie Curie : Alife
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
1996
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Susan Quinn
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Topic
General
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
528 Pages
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
0201887940
ISBN-13
9780201887945
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72334

Product Key Features

Book Title
Marie Curie : Alife
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Author
Susan Quinn
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
540.9/2
Synopsis
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., "A touching three-dimensional portrait of the Polish-born scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner" ( Kirkus ) Madame Curie, the discoverer of radium and radioactivity 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.

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