Susan Quinn: Marie Curie | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780201887945 | Marie Curie | A Life | Susan Quinn | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 1996

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One hundred years ago, Marie Curie discovered radioactivity, for which she won the Nobel Prize in physics. In 1911 she won an unprecedented second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry, for isolating new radioactive elements. Despite these achievements, or perhaps because of her fame, she has remained a saintly, unapproachable genius. From family documents and a private journal only recently made available, Susan Quinn at last tells the full human story. From the stubborn sixteen-year-old studying science at night while working as a governess, to her romance and scientific partnership with Pierre Curie—an extraordinary marriage of equals—we feel her defeats as well as her successes: her rejection by the French Academy, her unbearable grief at Pierre's untimely and gruesome death, and her retreat into a love affair with a married fellow scientist, causing a scandal which almost cost her the second Nobel Prize. In Susan Quinn's fully dimensional portrait, we come at last to know this complicated, passionate, brilliant woman.

Über den Autor

Susan Quinn is an award-winning author of five books, including Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady. She has served as the chair of PEN New England and has been a contributor to Boston Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and Ms. magazine. She lives in Massachusetts.

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Empfohlen (von):	14
Erscheinungsjahr:	1996
Fachbereich:	Biografien
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780201887945
ISBN-10:	0201887940
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Quinn, Susan
Hersteller:	Da Capo Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	Susan Quinn
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.04.1996
Gewicht:	0,854 kg