Marie Curie and her daughters : the private lives of science's first family
Emling, Shelley2013
Book
The first book to focus on the relationship between famed scientist Marie Curie and her two remarkable daughters. Drawing on personal interviews with Curie's descendants, as well as revelatory new archives, this is a wholly new story about Marie Curie and a family of women inextricably connected to the dawn of nuclear physics.
Main title:
Author:
Edition:
First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition.
Imprint:
New york/basingstoke : Palgrave macmillan, 2013.New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Collation:
xx, 219 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index.
Shelving notes:
30857 0000052618 1 12-01-2014 99 nevhar 16-01-2014 7
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 An Absolutely Miserable Year -- ch. 2 Moving On -- ch. 3 Meeting Missy -- ch. 4 Finally, America -- ch. 5 The White House -- ch. 6 New and Improved -- ch. 7 Another Dynamic Duo -- ch. 8 Turning to America---Again -- ch. 9 Into the Spotlight -- ch. 10 The End of a Quest -- ch. 11 Tributes and New Causes -- ch. 12 All about Eve -- ch. 13 The Ravages of Another World War -- ch. 14 Rough Waters -- ch. 15 The Legacy.
ISBN:
9781137278364 (pbk)
Dewey class:
540.922
Language:
English
Subject:
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- FamilyJoliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956Curie, Eve, 1904-2007Scientists -- Family relationshipsWomen scientists -- Family relationshipsChemists -- France -- BiographyWomen chemists -- France -- BiographyJournalists -- France -- BiographyWomen journalists -- France -- Biography
BRN:
21291
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 540.922 EMLI | Available |