Obsessive Genius
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CLFWT1A |
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| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over 60 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. The best-selling, "excellentpoignant - and scientifically lucid - portrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie Curie.
Amy Sorter said A good introduction to Marie Curie. Marie Curie was known for being a "first mover" in many areas -- she was one of the first women to receive a Nobel Prize for her discovery of new elements (polonium and radium), was one of the first women to receive various teaching "chairs" throughout her career, and in France, was considered nothing short of a "goddess" of science, which is pretty remarkable, given the fact that during the . Soft on the Science of the Atom Neb42 It was fairly interesting but short on explaining the hard science you need to know to understand the work of Marie Curie and her contemporaries Goldsmith does provide a lot of interesting information about other members of the Curie family, including her daughters Irene and Eve. It disappointed me that obsessive Genius contributes to the myth that Albert Einstein was a "poor student." Not tr. depends heavily on Eve Curie's biography of her mother - Candy depends heavily on Eve Curie's biography of her mother - but respectfully tells of Marie Curie's professional and personal struggles. She was my hero when I read about her as a teenager - Now that I am a mother of adult daughters, I can feel her strength, loneliness, and courage.