Madame curie a biography by eve curie
Madame Curie - A Biography by Eve Curie
Marie Curie is a women who changed the face of science for all time, not just because of her discovery of the radioactive element Radium and her work with it, but because of her incredible strides forward in a such a male dominated world as laboratory science at the turn of the 19th century. This is the Madame Curie many people know but here is a biography written by her daughter Eve that shows her human side, in a way that can only be viewed and admired from a family member describing her as a caring mother, devoted and passionate wife. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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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.Tags
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Some reviewers consider this book too much hagiography and not critical enough. That point is ceded because this work, written by Marie’s daughter Eve, is largely absent of criticism. However, what it lacks show more in criticism, it makes up for in intimacy. It does not shortchange the magnanimity of Dr. Curie’s scientific accomplishments while giving the reader a sense of her family life and personal dignity.
Students of science and of life can benefit from Dr. Curie’s detached outlook on life. Women can be inspired at all they can do despite unfriendly social structures. Eve’s presentation of Marie Curie paints a picture of a woman who tirelessly and beautifully served scientific knowledge and her family despite unfriendly life events. She lost her husband due to an unforeseen and tragic accident in the prime of their common life together. Nevertheless, she picked up herself, her sorrow, her children, her husband’s professorship, and her research to bring them to new heights.
She can also serve as an inspiration to the introverts among us. Marie’s determined strength was as hard as steel, but her manners were humble and gentle. She never forgot
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Marie Curie is a women who changed the face of science for all time, not just because of her discovery of the radioactive element Radium and her work with it, but because of her incredible strides forward in a such a male dominated world as laboratory science at the turn of the 19th century. This is the Madame Curie many people know but here is a biography written by her daughter Eve that shows her human side, in a way that can only be viewed and admired from a family member describing her as a caring mother, devoted and passionate wife. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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"A biography [of Nobel Prize winner Madame Curie] that stirs the heart and the mind by a fine counterpoint of sense and sensibility, a great story superbly told."--New York Times
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.