| Edition |
2nd Da Capo Press ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 393 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The Da Capo series in science |
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Da Capo series in science.
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| Contents |
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 Larcouëst -- America -- Full bloom -- On the Île Saint-Louis -- The laboratory -- The end of the mission. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
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Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 (OCoLC)fst00064685
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Chemists -- Poland -- Biography.
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Chemists. (OCoLC)fst00853570
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Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
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Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
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Chemists -- Biography.
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Women chemists -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0306810387 |
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9780306810381 |
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0329241230 |
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9780329241230 |
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0329627244 |
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9780329627249 |
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