Marie Curie

Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered. Readers will learn about the dark side of a woman and her devotion to science--the politics of science, her depres...

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1. Verfasser: Krull, Kathleen (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kulikov, Boris (BerichterstatterIn), Curie, Marie (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY u.a. Viking 2007
Schriftenreihe:Giants of science
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Zusammenfassung:Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered. Readers will learn about the dark side of a woman and her devotion to science--the politics of science, her depression, and the drive to succeed. It is a brutally honest portrayal of a woman in a field dominated by men
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. 135 - 137
Beschreibung:142 S
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ISBN:9780670058945
978-0-670-05894-5