Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie /
by Goldsmith, Barbara.
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BookSeries: Great discoveries. Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0393051374 (hardcover).Subject(s): Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 | Chemists -- Poland -- Biography | Women chemists -- Poland -- BiographyOnline resources: Table of contents
Contents:
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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"Atlas books."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255).
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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