Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie (Great Discoveries)

Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth―an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of society, and her own passionate nature. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame. Draws On Diaries, Letters, And Family Interviews To Discuss The Lesser-known Achievements And Scientific Insights Of The Nobel Prize-winning Scientist, Documenting How She Was Compromised By The Prejudices Of A Male-dominated Society. 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. Barbara Goldsmith. Atlas Books. Includes Bibliographical Notes And Bibliography (p. 237-255). Paris, April 20, 1995: the white carpet stretched block after block down the rue Soufflot ending in front of the Pantheon, which was draped in tricolor banners that extended from the dome to the pavement. Om den franske fysiker Marie Curie (1867-1934)