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Dec 7, 2010 · This informative, accessible, and concise biography looks at Marie Curie not just as a dedicated scientist but also as a complex woman with a sometimes-tumultuous personal life.
- Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie
Apr 10, 1996 · This biography of Maria Sklodowska Curie and her husband Pierre Curie is one of the most detailed I have ever read. In addition to the fascinating stories about their scientific discoveries, it presents intimate information about their lives taken from letters, diaries, and other historical documents.
- Susan Quinn
Ève Curie Labouisse, a journalist and humanitarian, is best known for her biography of her mother, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie. Published in 1937, “Madame Curie” chronicled the life of Marie Curie, who earned the Nobel Prize twice, first in physics in 1903 and again in chemistry in 1911.
Mar 6, 2001 · Madame Curie: A Biography. Paperback – Illustrated, March 6, 2001. Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide fame, and indeed, one of the great scientists of this century.
- Eve Curie
Jan 1, 2001 · Very approachable biography of Marie Curie - one of the true pioneers of science. Amazing how she has kind of been forgotten; so often women who make breakthrough discoveries in science are marginalized. She won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911). That is friggin amazing! A great role model for future ...
This biography gives a full and lucid account of Marie and Pierre Curie’s scientific discoveries, placing them within the revelatory discoveries of the age.
This informative, accessible, and concise biography looks at Marie Curie not just as a dedicated scientist but also as a complex woman with a sometimes-tumultuous personal life.
Apr 10, 1996 · Marie Curie: A Life (Radcliffe Biography Series) Paperback – 10 April 1996. One hundred years ago, Marie Curie discovered radioactivity, for which she won the Nobel Prize in physics. In 1911 she won an unprecedented second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry, for isolating new radioactive elements.
- Susan Quinn
Sep 9, 2010 · In this stunning and richly textured new biography, Susan Quinn presents us with a far more complicated picture of the woman we thought we knew. Drawing on family documents, Quinn sheds new light on the tragic losses and patriotic passion that infused Marie Sklodowska Curie's early years in Poland.
Mar 5, 2024 · Read full bio. Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics, and with her later win, in Chemistry, she became the first person to claim Nobel honors twice.
