The Elements of Marie Curie
How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
- Auteur: Dava Sobel (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: portret
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Fourth Estate
- Verschijnt: 24 oktober 2024
- Omvang: 336 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
- Prijs: £ 22,00 / £ 11,99 / £ 17,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Dava Sobel The Elements of Marie Curie recensie, review en informatie
- “Sobel is an elegant stylist, a riveting and efficient storyteller, a writer who can bring the dustiest of subjects to full-blooded life.” (New York Times)
- “Sobel’s enthusiasm for her subject is absolute and she succeeds in transmitting it to the reader, quite a feat when the subject matter can be so tricky to grasp.” (Sunday Telegraph)
Flaptekst van het boek van Dava Sobel over Marie Curie
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longtitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.
For decades Marie Curie was the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings, and despite constant illness she travelled far and wide to share the secrets of radioactivity, a term she coined. She is still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.
Her ingenuity extended far beyond the laboratory walls; grieving the death of her husband, Pierre, she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne, devotedly raised two daughters, drove a van she outfitted with x-ray equipment to the front lines of World War I, befriended Albert Einstein and inspired generations of young women to pursue science as a way of life.
Approaching Marie Curie from a unique angle, Sobel navigates her remarkable discoveries and fame alongside the women who became her legacy – from Norway’s Ellen Gleditsch and France’s Marguerite Perry, who discovered the element francium, to her own daughter, Irene, a Nobel Prize winner in her own right. Elements of Marie Curie deftly illuminates the trailblazing life and enduring influence of one of the most consequential figures of our time.
Dava Sobel (15 juni 1947, The Bronx, New York City) is the internationally renowned author of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Galileo’s Daughter’. She is also an award-winning former science reporter for the ‘New York Times’ and writes frequently about science for several magazines, including the ‘New Yorker’, ‘Audubon’, ‘Discover’, ‘Life’ and ‘Omni’. She is currently writing a book called ‘The Planets’ for Fourth Estate. She lives in East Hampton, New York.