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Marie Curie - The Pioneer, The Nobel Laureate (Hardcover)
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Marie Curie - The Pioneer, The Nobel Laureate (Hardcover)
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Marie Curie coined the term 'radioactivity', and it is to her and
her husband, Pierre Curie, that we owe much of our current
understanding of the very fabric of reality. Born in Warsaw, Marie
was the fifth and youngest child of teachers. Her father taught
mathematics and science, for which she showed an early affinity,
and she later went to study in Paris, where she met Pierre. The
work they did together revolutionized modern science. As well as
discovering the atomic rather than chemical nature of
radioactivity, the Curies isolated two new elements: polonium and
radium. This biography does full justice to the scientific and
human aspects of Marie's life, detailing her tumultuous personal
history at a time of social upheaval, and her struggle to gain
recognition in an era when female scientists were almost unknown.
Marie Curie died in 1934, succumbing to aplastic anaemia that may
have stemmed from her scientific investigations. Her work not only
contributed to our understanding of the structure of the atom - and
therefore the structure of the physical world itself - but also
laid the foundations for modern medical innovations such as
radiotherapy. Her example continues to inspire millions of people
across the world.
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