Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie /
Draws on diaries, letters, and family interviews to discuss the lesser-known achievements and scientific insights of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, documenting how she was compromised by the prejudices of a male-dominated society.
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
[2005]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Great discoveries.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Early influences -- "I came through it all honestly" -- Paris -- Pierre -- Remarkable accidents -- "The question was entirely new" -- "The best sprinters" -- "A beautiful color" -- "What is the source of the energy?" -- "I will make him an help meet for him" -- "The disaster of our lives" -- "We were happy" -- The metamorphosis -- "My children ... cannot awaken life in me" -- "The chemistry of the invisible" -- Honor and dishonor -- "She is very obstinate" -- "All my strength" -- The making of a myth -- To pass the torch -- Marie's legacy. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255). | ||
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