Madame Curie: a biography

Eve Curie

Da Capo Press, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 393 pages

Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curie’s daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curie’s legendary achievements in science, including her pioneering efforts in the study of radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. It also spotlights her remarkable life, from her childhood in Poland, to her storybook Parisian marriage to fellow scientist Pierre Curie, to her tragic death from the very radium that brought her fame. Now updated with an eloquent, rousing introduction by best-selling author Natalie Angier, this timeless biography celebrates an astonishing mind and a extraordinary woman’s life.

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Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867 1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curie's daughter, the ...

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I've always known about Madame Curie to a small extent, a great scientist, the discoverer of Radium, but the other day I happened upon the old 1940s movie with Greer Garson titled "Madame Curie" and I ...

Contents

• MANYA: 3
• DARK DAYS: 17
• The Sklodovski Children: 27
• in ADOLESCENCE: 30
• VOCATIONS: 47
• The House in Which Marie Curie then Manya Sklodovska: 52
• GOVERNESS: 60
• THE LONG WAIT: 70
• THE ESCAPE: 81
• The Diploma of the Second Nobel Prize Award Made: 84
• PART: 91
• PARIS: 93
• FORTY RUBLES A MONTH: 105
• The Curie Family: 116
• PIERRE CURIE: 119
• A YOUNG COUPLE: 138
• THE DISCOVERY OF RADIUM: 152
• Two Views of the Shed at the School of Physics on the: 156
• FOUR YEARS IN A SHED: 165
• Pierre and Marie Curie with the Bicycles on Which They: 172
• A HARD LIFE: 178
• A DOCTORS THESIS AND FIVE MINUTES TALK: 193
• THE ENEMY: 206
• EVERY DAY: 223
• APRIL 191906: 243
• PART THREE: 261
• ALONE: 263
• SUCCESSES AND ORDEALS: 274
• WAR: 289
• PEACEHOLIDAYS AT LARCOUEST: 308
• AMERICA: 322
• FULL BLOOM: 337
• ON THE ILE SAINTLOUIS: 349
• THE LABORATORY: 361
• THE END OF THE MISSION: 376
• APPENDIX: 387

About the author

Eve Curie Labouisse is the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie. She has worked in human rights and diplomacy, traveling worldwide on behalf of NATO and the United Nations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Madame Curie: a biography; The Da Capo Series in Science
• Author: Eve Curie
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0306810387, 9780306810381
• Length: 393 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; Biography & Autobiography / Women; Science / Chemistry / General