Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium, (Paperback)

from bsafarik

This book brings out the inhumanity that goes on between cultures, countries, and the sexes. It tells a story of the discovery of Radium, but uses the real lives and real foibles of the people to inform us about life. This is a story that even those with no scientific interest, may find a worthy ...

from roseannes

I like biographies about strong women like Marie Curie and I dislike them at the same time. On the one hand they promote that women can overcome the odds, they point out how unfair the world can be to women who are independent and driven and smart and that these women were really great and overca...

from bsafarik

This book brings out the inhumanity that goes on between cultures, countries, and the sexes. It tells a story of the discovery of Radium, but uses the real lives and real foibles of the people to inform us about life. This is a story that even those with no scientific interest, may find a worthy ...