Madame Curie Author:Eve Curie Original price on spine: 75 cents — translated by Vincent Sheean — "This is a marvelous book that every woman and every man interested in humanity ought to read." - Commonweal — From the back cover: — "Marie Curie passed like a stranger through her own life -- intact, natural, and very nearly unaware of her astonishing destiny. This was the scienti... more »st who had rocked the world with her discover of radium, who was responsible for the basic research in atomic fission.
But primarily Marie Curie was the fragile girl with whom Pierre Curie, already famous, had found it strangely sweet to discuss his work...
Hers is the story of a simple, intense, and deeply humble woman to whom science brought a rich life and a happy marriage. And who gave in return the brilliance and devotion which won her the gratitude of mankind."« less