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Marie Curie :a life

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Drawing on new archival material, including Curie's journal, this biography presents new information about her life in Poland; her partnership with her husband; her affair, after her husband's death, with a married scientist which nearly cost her the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1911; and the difficulty of being a female student in late 19th century Paris. Also clearly describes her scientific work and fits it into the larger story of the nuclear age.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-484) and index.
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ISBN:
9780671675424
Subtitle:
A LIFE
Author:
Quinn, Susan
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Chemistry
Subject:
Chemists
Subject:
Curie, Marie
Subject:
Chemists -- Poland -- Biography.
Subject:
Chemistry -- biography.
Subject:
General Biography
Series Volume:
1130.
Publication Date:
19950309
Binding:
HC
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
9.51x6.48x1.34 in. 1.76 lbs.
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