Obsessive Genius
The Inner World of Marie Curie
Published on 16. May 2011
320 pages
978-0-393-07976-0 (ISBN)
Description
The bestselling, "excellent...poignant—and scientifically lucid—portrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie Curie.
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.
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Barbara Goldsmith (1931?2016), a journalist and philanthropist, was the author of Little Gloria...Happy at Last, Obsessive Genius, Johnson v. Johnson, The Straw Man, and Other Powers.
Content
- Intro
- By Barbara Goldsmith
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Early Influences,
- CHAPTER 2 "I Came Through It All Honestly"
- CHAPTER 3 Paris
- CHAPTER 4 Pierre
- CHAPTER 5 Remarkable Accidents
- CHAPTER 6 "The Question Was Entirely New"
- CHAPTER 7 "The Best Sprinters"
- CHAPTER 8 "A Beautiful Color"
- CHAPTER 9 "What Is the Source of the Energy?"
- CHAPTER 10 "I Will Make Him an Help Meet for Him"
- CHAPTER 11 "The Disaster of Our Lives"
- CHAPTER 12 "We Were Happy"
- CHAPTER 13 The Metamorphosis
- CHAPTER 14 "My Children.Cannot Awaken Life in Me"
- CHAPTER 15 "The Chemistry of the Invisible"
- CHAPTER 16 Honor and Dishonor
- CHAPTER 17 "She Is Very Obstinate"
- CHAPTER 18 "All My Strength"
- CHAPTER 19 The Making of a Myth
- CHAPTER 20 To Pass the Torch
- CHAPTER 21 Marie's Legacy
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Photo Credits
