The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in ScienceThe acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileos Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who were launched into stellar scientific careers of their own Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name, writes

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