The elements of Marie Curie : how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science
Sobel, Dava2024
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For decades Marie Curie was the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings, and despite constant illness she travelled far and wide to share the secrets of radioactivity, a term she coined. She is still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her ingenuity extended far beyond the laboratory walls; grieving the death of her husband, Pierre, she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne, devotedly raised two daughters, drove a van she outfitted with x-ray equipment to the front lines of World War I; befriended Albert Einstein and inspired generations of young women to pursue science as a way of life.
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Sobel, Dava, author
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London : 4th Estate, 2024.
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xi, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008536916 (hbk)
Dewey class:
540.92BCUR
Language:
English
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1514824
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