Marie Curie - (Radcliffe Biography Series) by Susan Quinn (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A brilliant, often surprising portrait--based on new information--that is sure to be the definitive work on one of history's greatest women. Quinn shows in this richly textured work, a well-rounded, in-depth view of Curie as a scientist, a woman, a wife and a lover. 16 pages of photos; notes; index.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A touching three-dimensional portrait of the Polish-born scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner (<i>Kirkus</i>) Madame Curie, the discoverer of </b><b>radium and radioactivity</b><b></b> <p/>One hundred years ago, Marie Curie discovered radioactivity, for which she won the Nobel Prize in physics. In 1911 she won an unprecedented second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry, for isolating new radioactive elements. Despite these achievements, or perhaps because of her fame, she has remained a saintly, unapproachable genius. From family documents and a private journal only recently made available, Susan Quinn at last tells the full human story. From the stubborn sixteen-year-old studying science at night while working as a governess, to her romance and scientific partnership with Pierre Curie-an extraordinary marriage of equals-we feel her defeats as well as her successes: her rejection by the French Academy, her unbearable grief at Pierre's untimely and gruesome death, and her retreat into a love affair with a married fellow scientist, causing a scandal which almost cost her the second Nobel Prize. In Susan Quinn's fully dimensional portrait, we come at last to know this complicated, passionate, brilliant woman.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Susan Quinn</b> is an award-winning author of five books, including <i>Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady</i>. She has served as the chair of PEN New England and has been a contributor to <i>Boston Magazine</i>, the <i>New York Times Magazine</i>, the <i>Atlantic Monthly</i>, and <i>Ms. </i>magazine<i>. </i>She lives in Massachusetts.
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