TY - BOOK AU - Curie,Eve TI - Madame Curie: a biography T2 - The Da Capo series in science SN - 9780306810381 AV - QD22.C975.M333 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - [S.l. PB - Da Capo Press KW - Curie, Marie, KW - Chemists KW - Poland KW - Biography N1 - 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; 2 N2 - 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 ER -