| Description |
256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Great discoveries
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Great discoveries.
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| Note |
"Atlas books." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255). |
| Contents |
Early influences -- "I came through it all honestly" -- Paris -- Pierre -- Remarkable accidents -- "The question was entirely new" -- "The best sprinters" -- "A beautiful color" -- "What is the source of the energy?" -- "I will make him an help meet for him" -- "The disaster of our lives" -- "We were happy" -- The metamorphosis -- "My children...cannot awaken life in me" -- "The chemistry of the invisible" -- Honor and dishonor -- "She is very obstinate" -- "All my strength" -- The making of a myth -- To pass the torch -- Marie's legacy. |
| Subject |
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
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Curie, Marie, 1867-1934. |
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Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography.
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Women chemists. |
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Poland. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0393051374 hardcover |
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