THE ELEMENTS OF MARIE CURIE How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

SOBEL Dava

ISBN 10: 0008536910 / ISBN 13: 9780008536916

Published by Fourth Estate, 2024. 9780008536916, 2024

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1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xi + 318, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ELEMENTS OF MARIE CURIE How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
• Publisher: Fourth Estate, 2024. 9780008536916
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008536910
• ISBN 13: 9780008536916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

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Synopsis

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.

For decades Marie Curie was the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings, and despite constant illness she travelled far and wide to share the secrets of radioactivity, a term she coined. She is still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.

Her ingenuity extended far beyond the laboratory walls; grieving the death of her husband, Pierre, she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne, devotedly raised two daughters, drove a van she outfitted with x-ray equipment to the front lines of World War I, befriended Albert Einstein and inspired generations of young women to pursue science as a way of life.

Approaching Marie Curie from a unique angle, Sobel navigates her remarkable discoveries and fame alongside the women who became her legacy – from Norway’s Ellen Gleditsch and France’s Marguerite Perry, who discovered the element francium, to her own daughter, Irene, a Nobel Prize winner in her own right. The Elements of Marie Curie deftly illuminates the trailblazing life and enduring influence of one of the most consequential figures of our time.