Marie Curie and her daughters : the private lives of science's first family /

Marie Curie and her daughters : the private lives of science's first family /

"Marie Curie was the first person to be honored by two Nobel Prizes and she pioneered the use of radiation therapy for cancer patients. But she was also a mother, widowed young, who raised two extraordinary daughters alone: Irene, a Nobel Prize winning chemist in her own right, who played an im...

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Main Author: Emling, Shelley.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
Curie, Marie, > 1867-1934.
Curie, Marie, > 1867-1934 > Family.
Joliot-Curie, Irène, > 1897-1956.
Curie, Eve, > 1904-2007.
Women scientists > Family relationships.
Mothers and daughters.
Women chemists > Biography.
Women philanthropists > Biography.
Women journalists > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • An Absolutely Miserable Year
  • Moving On
  • Meeting Missy
  • Finally, America
  • The White House
  • New and Improved
  • Another Dynamic Duo
  • Turning to America
  • Again
  • Into the Spotlight
  • The End Of A Quest
  • Tributes and New Causes
  • All About Eve
  • The Ravages Of Another World War
  • Rough Waters
  • The Legacy.

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