Sterling Biographies(r) Marie Curie : Mother of Modern Physics
Janice Borzendowski
Sterling
9781402753183
1-4027-5318-7
Marie Curie triumphed over political tyranny, poverty, gender bias, personal tragedy, and scandal. Her influence is beyond measure: through her discovery of radium, she changed not only the course of science.
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but the course of the world. Janice Borzendowski tells Madame Curie's remarkable story, exploring: - Marie's many firsts, including becoming the first woman awarded a Ph.D. in physics and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize - Her amazing personal and professional relationship with husband Pierre Curie, with whom she worked side-by-side- The tragedies that affected Marie deeply, including the loss of her mother and brother at a young age- The difficulties she had establishing herself in Parisian scientific circles, both as a woman and a foreigner- The importance of Marie's work--and the tragic consequences of not understanding the dangers of the radioactive materials she was researching
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