Marie Curie: a life

Marie Curie: a life

Author: 
Quinn, Susan
Place: 
Reading, Mass.
Publisher: 
Addison-Wesley,
Phys descriptions: 
509 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Date published: 
1996
Record type: 
ISBN: 
0-201-88794-0
Call No: 
82-94 QUI
Abstract: 

Biography of Marie Curie, the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and one of the discovers of radium and polonium. The author sheds light on the tragic losses and patriotic passion that infused her early years in Poland, as well as, the intimacy and joy of her marriage to Pierre Curie and the depth of her despair at his premature death

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CITATION: Quinn, Susan. Marie Curie: a life . Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, , 1996. - Available at: https://library.au.int/marie-curie-life