Madame Curie

Marie Curie was the first scientist who had a worldwide reputation, and she is on the list of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century. This biography covers her work in radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. It also focuses on her incredible life, from her childhood in Poland to her idyllic Parisian marriage to fellow scientist Pierre Curie, which was cut short by an untimely death that made both of them famous. Rewritten by Natalie Angier, this timeless history honors an incredible woman and an irreplaceable mind.