Marie Curie

Pierre Curie (eBook, ePUB)

With Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"A delightful book. It marks one of the few instances in which the proverbial humdrum life of the student of physical science, together with the more austere ideals, have been made intelligible." — The New York Times Nobel laureate Marie Curie offers a memorable portrait of her equally famous husband and lab partner, Pierre Curie. A scientific biography as well as an intimate memoir, this unique narrative recaptures Pierre Curie's youthful research and his first scientific breakthrough, the discovery of piezoelectricity. It further explores his pioneering work in crystallography and magnetism along with the couple's most famous achievement, the discovery of radium. In addition to firsthand accounts of laboratory work and techniques, Marie Curie offers observations on her husband's personality and character, their family life, and the work of their scientific contemporaries, including Ernest Rutherford, Frederick Soddy, Friedrich Oskar Giesel, and Henri Becquerel. Curie also reconstructs her studies of radiation, discussing equipment, procedures, and results. These rare insights into two of history's great scientific minds will fascinate students of science and all readers interested in scientific discovery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486320571
• Artikelnr.: 39473493

Autorenporträt

French physicist Pierre Curie (1859-1906) shared the 1906 Nobel Prize with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity. Curie was also a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, and piezoelectricity.Polish physicist Marie Curie (1867-1934) was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes, in physics and in chemistry. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction I The Curie Family. Infancy and First Studies of Pierre Curie
II Dreams of Youth. First Scientific Work. Discovery of Piezo-electricity
III Life as the Director of Laboratory Work in the School of Physics and
Chemistry IV Marriage and Orginazation of the Family Life. Personality and
Character V The Dream Becomes a Reality. The Discovery of Radium VI The
Struggle for Means to Work. The Burden of Celebrity The First Assisstance
from the State. It Comes too Late. VII The Nation's Sorrow. The
Laboratories: Sacred Places Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie.