Marie Curie
History of the Pioneer Radioactivity Researcher

Maria Skłodowska, soon to be known as Marie Curie, was born in Warsaw, a part of Poland controlled by Russia at that time, on November 7, 1867. Her childhood was not a good one. Her mother died of tuberculosis at the age of 42 when Marie was 10. Her dad lost the family savings in a bad investment an......more

Marie Curie ve hayatına dair birçok şey öğrendim. Kitapta hoşuma gitmeyen tek nokta, bir kadının bilim dünyasında yaşadığı zorlukları anlatırken kadın çevirmenin inatla "bilim adamı" terimini kullanması oldu. Doğrusu "bilim insanı" olmalı.......more

I picked up this book for my son and ended up reading it myself. It was fascinating to learn about the life of this remarkable woman. I hadn't realized that she was the first woman to receive 2 Nobel prizes and her own daughter also received a Nobel prize. Marie was also the first woman to receive a......more

This was one of the more interesting books I have read, and I feel that I have learned a lot about Marie Curie. She was one of the people that decided to choose her drive to study more about radium and do work, than to acknowledge her publicity. I thought that was really unique and cool, especially......more

This little book is a surprise for me. I started it in the hope to get to sleep, since science, biography and stuff... but it kept me more awake after two chapters... Mme. Curie had a fascinating life, both professionally and personally. Her devotion to her work is admirable, and the bond she had wi......more