Synopsis
This intimate memoir of the Nobel laureate, written by his wife and lab partner, analyzes the nature and significance of the Curies' experiments. In addition to a biographical profile, it features accounts of the couple's scientific contemporaries and Marie Curie's autobiographic notes of her own work with radiation. "A delightful book." ― New York Times.
Reprint of the Macmillan Company, 1923 edition.
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About the Author
French physicist Pierre Curie (1859-1906) shared the 1906 Nobel Prize with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity. Curie was also a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, and piezoelectricity.Polish physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934) was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes, in physics and in chemistry. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris.
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