Madame Curie : a biography /
Curie, Eve, 1904-2007.,
Madame Curie : a biography / [print] by Eve Curie ; translated by Vincent Sheean. - second Da Capo Press edition. - [S.l. : Da Capo Press, (c)2001. - xvii, 393 pages, 30. pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. - The Da Capo series in science . - Da Capo series in science. .
Manya -- Dark days -- Adolescence -- Vocations -- Governess -- The long wait -- The escape -- Paris -- Forty rubles a month -- Pierre Curie -- A young couple -- The discovery of radium -- Four years in a shed -- A hard life -- A doctor's thesis-and five minutes' talk -- The enemy -- Every day -- April 19, 1906 -- Alone -- Successes and ordeals -- War -- Peace : holidays at Larcouest -- America -- Full bloom -- On the Ile Saint-Louis -- The laboratory -- The end of the mission.
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.
9780306810381
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Chemists--Poland--Biography.
QD22.C975.M333 2001 QD22
Madame Curie : a biography / [print] by Eve Curie ; translated by Vincent Sheean. - second Da Capo Press edition. - [S.l. : Da Capo Press, (c)2001. - xvii, 393 pages, 30. pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. - The Da Capo series in science . - Da Capo series in science. .
Manya -- Dark days -- Adolescence -- Vocations -- Governess -- The long wait -- The escape -- Paris -- Forty rubles a month -- Pierre Curie -- A young couple -- The discovery of radium -- Four years in a shed -- A hard life -- A doctor's thesis-and five minutes' talk -- The enemy -- Every day -- April 19, 1906 -- Alone -- Successes and ordeals -- War -- Peace : holidays at Larcouest -- America -- Full bloom -- On the Ile Saint-Louis -- The laboratory -- The end of the mission.
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.
9780306810381
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Chemists--Poland--Biography.
QD22.C975.M333 2001 QD22