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Marie Curie: Obsessive Genius

The myth of Marie Curie - the penniless Polish immigrant who through genius and obsessive persistence endured years of toil and deprivation to produce radium, a luminous panacea for all the world's ills, including cancer - has obscured the remarkable truth behind her discoveries. Marie Curie's shrewd though controversial insight was that radioactivity was an atomic property that could be used to discover new elements. While her work won her two Noble Prizes and transformed our world, it did not liberate her from the prejudices of either the male-dominated scientific community or society.
In Obsessive Genius, the author and historian Barbara Goldsmith has discovered the woman behind the icon we have come to believe in - an all-too-human woman trying to balance a scientific career with the obligations of family, the prejudice of society, the constant search for adequate funding, and the battle for recognition.
Using original research (diaries, letters, and family interviews) to peel away the layers of myth, Barbara Goldsmith offers a portrait of Marie Curie, her amazing discoveries, and the immense price she paid for fame.
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie by Barbara Goldsmith
ISBN: 0393051374

Marie Curie by Beverly Birch

From her earliest days, scientist Marie Curie fought to gain acceptance as a woman in a man's world. She excelled in all academic areas, and earned a degree in physics as well as two degrees in mathematics. Marie Curie is best known for her groundbreaking work in the field of radioactivity and X-ray technology.
Marie Curie by Beverly Birch
ISBN: 1410305058

Marie Curie: A Scientific Pioneer

Marie Curie was a groundbreaking scientist who became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. Curie was born in Poland in 1867, the daughter of two teachers. She excelled at school, but had to struggle to go to college.
While Marie Curie was studying at the Sorbonne, she met Pierre Curie, who would become her husband and partner in scientific discovery. They worked together in their laboratory, studying uranium rays. In 1903, they received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work. After Pierre's death in 1906, Marie Curie raised their two children and continued her research with great determination. Curie won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911 for the discovery of radium and polonium.
Marie Curie: A Scientific Pioneer by Allison Lassieur
ISBN: 0531122700