Madame Curie

by Eve Curie

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307819123
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/06/2013
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	419
Sales rank:	459,028
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Eve Curie (1904–2007) was a French and American pianist, journalist, and diplomat, as well as the author of Journey Among Warriors and Madame Curie. The latter of which was a biography on Eve’s mother, Marie Curie, who along with Eve’s father, Pierre was a Nobel Prize winner. Eve was married to Henry Labouisse and in the last years of her life, divided her time between Greece, Paris, and New York City.