Madame Curie : a biography

Curie, Eve, 1904-2007.

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This account of the remarkable life and astonishing mind of one of the greatest scientists of the century, written by her daughter, it remains a landmark and an inspiration for students, scientists, and young women everywhere.

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Curie, Marie, 1867-1934

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Da Capo series in science

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ISBN:

9780306810381
0306810387

Edition:

Second Da Capo Press edition

Description:

xvii, 393 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contents:

Manya
Dark days
Adolescence
Vocations
Governess
The long wait
The escape
Paris
Forty rubles a month
Pierre Curie
A young couple
The discovery of radium
Four years in a shed
A hard life
A doctor's thesis-and five minutes' talk
The enemy
Every day
April 19, 1906
Alone
Successes and ordeals
War
Peace : holidays at Larcouëst
America
Full bloom
On the Île Saint-Louis
The laboratory
The end of the mission

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778282

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