|
Product Description
In 1891, 24-year-old Marie Sklodowska moved from Warsaw to Paris, where she found work in the laboratory of Pierre Curie, a scientist engaged in research on heat and magnetism. They fell in love. They took their honeymoon on bicycles. They expanded the periodic table, discovering two new elements with startling properties, radium and polonium. They recognized radioactivity as an atomic property, heralding the dawn of a new scientific era. They won the Nobel Prize. Newspapers mythologized the couple's romance, beginning articles on the Curies with "Once upon a time . . . " Then, in 1906, Pierre was killed in a freak accident. Marie continued their work alone. She won a second Nobel Prize in 1911, and fell in love again, this time with the married physicist Paul Langevin. Scandal ensued. Duels were fought.
In the century since the Curies began their work, we've struggled with nuclear weapons proliferation, debated the role of radiation in medical treatment, and pondered nuclear energy as a solution to climate change. In Radioactive, Lauren Redniss links these contentious questions to a love story in 19th Century Paris.
Radioactive draws on Redniss's original reporting in Asia, Europe and the United States, her interviews with scientists, engineers, weapons specialists, atomic bomb survivors, and Marie and Pierre Curie's own granddaughter.
Whether young or old, scientific novice or expert, no one will fail to be moved by Lauren Redniss's eerie and wondrous evocation of one of history's most intriguing figures.
Features
- New
- Mint Condition
- Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon
- Guaranteed packaging
- No quibbles returns
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies
- Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future
- Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb
- Madame Curie: A Biography
- Culinary Reactions: The Everyday Chemistry Of Cooking
- Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing (3rd Edition)
- Digging Deeper Into Action Research: A Teacher Inquirer′s Field Guide
- Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
- First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
- What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
*If this is not the "Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link. Details were last updated on Nov 12, 2024 01:53 +08.