Madame Curie

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by Eve Curie

Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman scientist to achieve international renown and was considered one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists. This biography covers Curie's remarkable achievements in science, including her pioneering work in the study of radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, written by Curie's daughter, the renowned worldwide campaigner Eve Curie. It also focuses on her incredible life, from her infancy in Poland to her idyllic Parisian marriage to fellow scientist Pierre Curie to her untimely death from the same radium that made her famous. This timeless history, now revised with an expressive, inspiring introduction by best-selling novelist Natalie Angier, honors an incredible intellect and a remarkable woman's life.

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An intellectual betrayed his mission if he was not the most constant defender of civilization and freedom of thought.

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An intellectual betrayed his mission if he was not the most constant defender of civilization and freedom of thought.

— Eve Curie, Madame Curie