Obsessive Genius: The Inner World Of Marie Curie (Great Discoveries) Book Pdf

Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie (Great Discoveries) Barbara Goldsmith

To the end, she denied that her beloved radium had killed herMarie was later vindicated when she won her second (and solo) Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of radium.Obsessive Genius doesn't shy away from Marie Curie's recurrent clinical depressions, which began during her adolescence, nor from her obsessive, hard-driving personalityShe and Pierre Curie fell in love over his invention, the quadrant electrometer, in the Parisian industrial college where he workedIn the early part of the twentieth century, when professional opportunities for women were rare, she was the first woman to obtain a doctoral degree from the SorbonneAs seen in Goldsmith's poignant -- and scientifically lucid -- portrait, she was a depressed, obsessive geniusLater, on her own Marie discovered and isolated two new elements, polonium and radiumMost scientists, especially women, are fascinated by Marie Curie

Goldsmith does not shy away from aspects of Curie’s life that show her personal weaknessesBook Details Paperback October 2005 ISBN 978-0-393-32748-9 5.4 8 in / 272 pages Sales Territory: Worldwide including Canada, Singapore and Malaysia, but excluding the British CommonwealthWe have been pursued by journalists and photographers from all countries of the world; they have gone even so far as to report the conversation between my daughter and her nurse, and to describe the black-and-white cat that lives with us Her days as a poverty-stricken student in Paris are also recounted, without exaggerationCurie was the fifth child of impoverished intellectual parents in PolandCollege RepsInternational RepsOrdering InfoPrivacy PolicyTerms of UseCareersContact Goldsmith’s work is compact and readableBook Review Free access 10.1172/JCI25145

What's Next LoadingBorn into an intellectual but impoverished Polish family, she struggled to obtain a scientific education, first in Poland and then at the Sorbonne in ParisThank you!We'll be in touch soon.DONE The bestselling, "excellentpoignantand scientifically lucidportrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie CurieMost scientists, especially women, are fascinated by Marie CurieShe never received much in the way of formal treatment for her depressive episodesWith his equipment and instructions, she found she could discover new elements by measuring their radioactivityTo a significant extent, she has achieved this goalSee next articles See previous articles Site Navigation Site Mobile Navigation Advertisement Supported by Sunday Book Review 'Obsessive Genius': Too Hot to Handle By BRENDA MADDOXNOVGoldsmith describes each phase of Curies life with candor and an appealing lack of sentimentality 83fc8d264e

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