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Marie Curie and Her Daughters - The Private Lives of Science's First Family (Paperback)
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Marie Curie and Her Daughters - The Private Lives of Science's First Family (Paperback)
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Published to widespread acclaim, in Marie Curie and Her Daughters,
science writer Shelley Emling shows that far from a shy introvert
toiling away in her laboratory, the famed scientist and two-time
Nobel prize winner was nothing short of an iconoclast. Emling draws
on personal letters released by Curie's only granddaughter to show
how Marie influenced her daughters yet let them blaze their own
paths: Irene followed her mother's footsteps into science and was
instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission; Eve traveled the
world as a foreign correspondent and then moved on to humanitarian
missions. Emling also shows how Curie, following World War I,
turned to America for help. Few people know about Curie's close
friendship with American journalist Missy Meloney, who arranged
speaking tours across the country for Marie, Eve, and Irene. Months
on the road, charming audiences both large and small, endeared the
Curies to American women and established a lifelong relationship
with the United States that formed one of the strongest connections
of Marie's life. Factually rich, personal, and original, this is an
engrossing story about the most famous woman in science that rips
the cover off the myth and reveals the real person, friend, and
mother behind it.
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