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Obsessive Genius : The Inner World of Marie Curie

Obsessive Genius : The Inner World of Marie Curie

Author: Barbara Goldsmith
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Publication Date: 09 Jun 2006
ISBN-13: 9780393327489
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Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth—an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of society, and her own passionate nature. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame.


Author Description


Barbara Goldsmith (1931—2016), a journalist and philanthropist, was the author of Little Gloria…Happy at Last, Obsessive Genius, Johnson v. Johnson, The Straw Man, and Other Powers.






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