Madame Curie: A Biography
Customer Review: The Hobo Philosopher
This book should be on every Mother’s list of gifts for her daughter. What a beautiful portrait of a mother by her daughter. In this age of “feminism” this should also be a must read for women in general. Madame Curie was in a class of intellectual genius by herself. She is one of the most outstanding woman scientists ever – and she was Polish!
She is a great example as a human being, a woman, a mother, a “Polack”, a scientist, a wife. Needless to say I was very impressed by the book. The thought that this was written so beautifully by this woman’s daughter never left my awareness. This book certainly made this half-Polack extremely proud of his heritage.
Customer Review: Unforgettable.
This is one of the books that will remain closest to me…the kind of book I would definitely have on my own children’s bookshelf. I unfortunately had to stop reading the book midway because the library wanted it back, and I was also going to be out of town. Three months later, I still felt compelled to go back to the library and finish off the remaining two or three chapters.
The book is a detailed account of Marie Curie’s personal and professional life. And who better to tell this story than Eve, her own daughter. The genius in Mme. Curie was a direct result of her dedication to hard work and an amazing work ethic. From a peasant Polish family, she faced many challenges and postponed her own education and worked for a wealthy family to help pay for her older sister’s education. Such was Marie’s spirit and selflessness – which extended to her research and her work in science.
Her creation, radium, was the ultimate criminal that led to her untimely death, when she felt she still had a lot to accomplish. The lady was indeed a noble gift to the science world.
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