|
|
Showing 1 - 5 of
5 matches in All Departments
The first book to chronicle both generations of the famous French
scientific family For two generations, the Curie family conducted
key early research on radiation, discovering radium and laying the
groundwork for the development of the A-bomb. Their work earned
them a slew of Nobel Prizes: for Physics in 1903 (Pierre and
Marie), Chemistry in 1911 (Marie), and Chemistry in 1935 (daughter
Irene and her husband, Frederic Joliot-Curie). Another daughter,
the glamorous writer Eve Curie, became her mother's biographer and
a fearless war correspondent. This revealing biography relates the
personal stories and controversies behind the family's success,
including the sex scandal that devastated Marie, the run-ins Marie
and Irene had with the male scientific establishment, and
Frederic's Resistance exploits and involvement with the Communist
Party.
In this unique book, celebrated biographer Denis Brian draws on
some of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century, in
pursuit of their distinct views on life, knowledge, and the cosmos.
A provocative and revealing interviewer, Brian weaves together the
insights and personal stories of a stellar cast of Nobel Prize
winners and other luminaries, including Linus Pauling's ill-fated
support of Vitamin C as a cure for cancer, Ashley Montagu's
explanation of why the sex drive is not innate, and various
personal recollections of the making of the atomic bomb,
Heisenberg's role in Nazi Germany, and the spy case of Klaus Fuchs.
This book reveals how and why, almost without exception, American
presidents sought to protect Jews at home and abroad from their
often deadly enemies. It explains why American presidents have
admired and befriended Jews, appointed them to powerful positions,
and eventually helped them achieve their greatest dream: a return
to the country of their forebears and the establishment of a Jewish
state in which they were masters of their destiny. Based on
once-secret documents and little-known diaries, The Elected and the
Chosen discloses, for the first time, the close ties that have
bound American presidents and the Jews from the dawn of American
history.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R367
R340
Discovery Miles 3 400
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R367
R340
Discovery Miles 3 400
|