Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
2005-03-13T19:02:25-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMDEzXC8xODU4MjQtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Barbara Goldsmith was interviewed by Lynn Sherr about her book Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Cure, published by W. W. Norton and Company. Marie Curie grew up in Russian-occupied Poland and married scientist Pierre Curie, who helped her conduct the experiments that discovered radium, and radioactivity. Marie Curie also invented a mobile X-ray unit that her scientist daughter, Irene Joliot-Curie, who also won a Nobel Prize, operated. In the end, Marie, Pierre, and Irene were made fatally ill by their work with radioactive substances.
Barbara Goldsmith was interviewed by Lynn Sherr about her book Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Cure, published by W. W. Norton a… read more
Barbara Goldsmith was interviewed by Lynn Sherr about her book Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Cure, published by W. W. Norton and Company. Marie Curie grew up in Russian-occupied Poland and married scientist Pierre Curie, who helped her conduct the experiments that discovered radium, and radioactivity. Marie Curie also invented a mobile X-ray unit that her scientist daughter, Irene Joliot-Curie, who also won a Nobel Prize, operated. In the end, Marie, Pierre, and Irene were made fatally ill by their work with radioactive substances. close
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