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Title: MARIE CURIE
A LIFE
By: Francoise Giroud, Lydia Davis (Trans)
Format: Hardback

List price: £37.95


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ISBN 10: 0841909776
ISBN 13: 9780841909779
Publisher: HOLMES & MEIER PUBLISHERS INC
Pub. date: 1 January, 1986
Pages: 292
Translated from: French
Description: Marie Curie is well-known for her Nobel Prize-winning research in physics and chemistry and for her discovery with husband Pierre of polonium and radium. Less familiar is the complex character of this renowned woman. This book provides a fresh human perspective on the life of this famous yet enigmatic precursor of atomic scientists.
Synopsis: Perhaps the most illustrious women of her era, Marie Curie is well-known for her Nobel Prize-winning research in physics and chemistry and for her discovery with husband Pierre of polonium and radium. Less familiar is the complex character of this renowned woman. While grounding her work in a historical context, the author provides a fresh human perspective on the life of this famous yet enigmatic precursor of today's atomic scientists.
Illustrations: b/w photos
Publication: US
Imprint: Holmes & Meier Publishers Inc
Returns: Returnable
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