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Madame Curie, A Biography

Madame Curie, A Biography

by Eve Curie

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Marie Sklodowska Curie's life in science, as chronicled by her daughter Eve. Winner of two Nobel Prizes, Madame Curie was born and raised in Poland in the late 19th century, married in Paris and celebrated throughout the world. This biography recounts her remarkable life, with no little amount of information about her milieu. Reissued in 2001 with a new introduction by Natalie Angier.  (PLD27, $20.95)


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