Marie Curie: A Life
by Susan Quinn
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671675427
- ISBN 13
- 9780671675424
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, March 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Gift inscription by author otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 510 pages. Drawing on letters written to her husband Pierre after his death, a surprising portrait of the legendary scientist reveals her emotional depth, her role in unlocking the mystery of atomic structure, and her affair with a married colleague.
Reviews
On Sep 22 2007, Hazelwood_Booksellers said:
In this monumental work, Susan Quinn, takes us intriguingly deeper into the life of Marie Curie than has ever been brought forth to the reader before. Meticulously referenced via heretofore unavailable personal journals of Marie Curie's, friend's testimonials, and other documents, Quinn presents a richly intimate biography of the woman we only thought we knew. She opens us to a complete insight of the woman and the scientist. Her life, loves, and work. Her passions, triumphs, and tragedies. Quinn strips away the superficial image we've grown accustom to, and gives us a very real person in terms of Marie Curie herself, the times she lived in, and the environment she worked in. A historical must read.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of the World (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000004033
- Title
- Marie Curie: A Life
- Author
- Susan Quinn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671675427
- ISBN 13
- 9780671675424
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- March 1995
- Pages
- 510
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- biography, Marie Curie, chemist, female, physicist, scientists, women, Nobel Prize, winners, Polish, Poland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology; Biographies; Europe; France;
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