Marie Curie :

Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey.

Marie Curie : a biography / Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. - Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011. - 189 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Reprint. First published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index.

Early life and education -- Preparing for the future -- Paris and the Sorbonne -- Pierre and Marie -- The discovery of radium: a scientific breakthrough -- A year of contrasts: good news, bad news -- "Pierre is dead? dead? absolutely dead?" -- Scandal! -- The second Nobel prize, its aftermath, and War -- Marie and the United States of America -- Last years.

9781616142162 (pbk.)

2010022920


Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.


Chemists--France--Biography.
Women chemists--France--Biography.
Physicists--France--Biography.
Women physicists--France--Biography.

QD22.C8 / O35 2011

540.92