Goldsmith, Barbara.
Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie / Barbara Goldsmith. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2005. - 256 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Great discoveries .
"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.
0393051374 (hardcover)
2004015027
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Chemists--Poland--Biography.
Women chemists--Poland--Biography.
QD22.C8 / G56 2005
540/.92 B
Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie / Barbara Goldsmith. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2005. - 256 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Great discoveries .
"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.
0393051374 (hardcover)
2004015027
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Chemists--Poland--Biography.
Women chemists--Poland--Biography.
QD22.C8 / G56 2005
540/.92 B