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An edition of The Curies (2005)

The Curies

a biography of the most controversial family in science

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Traces the history of the Curie family, revealing the scandals, drama, controversy, and tragedy that surrounding the world's most gifted scientific family.

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Wiley
Language
English
Pages
438

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Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science
2005, Turner Publishing Company
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The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science
August 1, 2005, Wiley
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Hoboken, N.J

Table of Contents

Pierre Curie
Marie Salomea Sklodowska
Pierre and Marie in Love
Mutual Adoration
Spirits, Radioactivity and the Price of Fame
Psychic Researchers
Pierre Curie's Last Day
Rescuing Langevin From His Wife
Battered by the Press
Surgery and Suffragettes
- "Little Curies" and World War I
A Gift of Radium From the United States
Radium: Miracle Cure or Menace?
A Great Discovery
At Last
Marie Curie's Last Year
Nobel Prizes, Spanish Civil War and Fission
France Defeated
Joliot Keeps the Gestapo Guessing
Eve Curie Tours the Battlefronts
Joliot Become a Communist
Eve Curie Interviews Nehru, Gandhi and Jinnah
The Battle for Paris
Joliot's Fight for Peace and Communism
Joliot launches Peace Offensive and Charges U.S. With Using Germ Warfare in Korea
The Curie Legacy.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-426) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
540/.92/2, B
Library of Congress
QD22.C79 B75 2005, QD22.C79B75 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 438 p. :
Number of pages
438

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24930441M
Internet Archive
curiesbiographyo00bria
ISBN 10
0471273910
ISBN 13
9780471273912
LCCN
2005007001
OCLC/WorldCat
58468388

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City workers in Paris removed a tree obscuring a view of Victor Hugo's home, placed baskets of flowers in front of it, decked the street with flags, and sanded it to prepare for a million marching feet.
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