The Elements Of Marie Curie: How The Glow Of Radium Lit A Path For Women In Science

Name: The Elements Of Marie Curie: How The Glow Of Radium Lit A Path For Women In Science
SKU: 9780008536954
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By (author) Dava Sobel

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Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.

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Albert Einstein Andre-Louis Debierne Atoms Emile Henriot Eve Curie first florence nightingale france Francis Perrin Gioacchino Failla Irene Curie Irene Joliot-Curie Ladislas Goldstein Marguerite Perey Marie Curie Nobel Prize Oscar Moreno Paris Pierre Curie Pioneering Poland Polonium Radioactivity Radium warsaw world war X-ray

ISBN: 9780008536954

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 336

Dimensions: 12.9 × 2.6 × 19.8 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 336 pages
Dimensions 12.9 × 2.6 × 19.8 cm | 310
Publication Date 06 November 2025
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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Dava Sobel

4 Published Books

Dava Sobel is the author of the international bestseller Longitude, the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist Galileo's Daughter, The Planets, A More Perfect Heaven, And the Sun Stood Still and The Glass Universe, and co-author of The Illustrated Longitude. She is the recipient of the Individual Public Service Award from the National Science Board, the Harrison Medal from the Worshipful Company of C lockmakers, and the Klumpke-Roberts Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific among other honours. A former New York Times science reporter, she originated and continues to edit the monthly Meter poetry column in Scientific American.

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