A Marie Curie: A Life

by Susan Quinn

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Written with the cooperation of the Marie Curie estate and drawing on thousands of letters, this biography describes Marie Curie's research with her husband Pierre which led to the discovery of radium. It also explores her early life in Russian-dominated Poland, her affair with married colleague Paul Langevin, and the passion which she poured out in letters to Pierre, most poignantly after his premature death.
  • ISBN10 0671675427
  • ISBN13 9780671675424
  • Publish Date 5 September 1994
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 30 May 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 509
  • Language English