Madame Curie - Couverture souple

Curie, Eve

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0306810387 ISBN 13 : 9780306810381

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Eve Curie

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

She was a woman; she belonged to an oppressed nation; she was poor; she was beautiful. A powerful vocation summoned her from her motherland, Poland, to study in Paris, where she lived through years of poverty and solitude. There she meta man whose genius was akin to hers. She married him; their happiness was unique. By the most desperate and arid effort they d Lcovered nmagic element, radium. This discovery not only gave birth to a new science and a new philosophy: it provided mankind with the means of treating a dreadful disease. At the moment when the fame of the two scientists and benefactors was spreading through the world, grief overtook Marie: her husband, her wonderful companion, was taken from her by death in an instant. But in spite of distress and physical illness, she continued alone the work that had been begun with him and brilliantly developed the science they hud created together. The rest of her life resolves itself into a kind of perpetual giving. To the war wounded she gave her devotion and her health. Later on she gave her advice, her wisdom and all the hours of her time to her pupils, to future scientists who came to her from all parts of the world. When her mission was accomplished she died exhausted, having refused wealth and endured her honours with indifference. It would have been a crime to add the slightest ornament to this story, so like a myth. I have not related a single anecdote of which I am not sure. I have not deformed a single esential phrase or so much as invented the colour of a dress. The facts are as stated; the quoted word.; vcre actually pronounced.
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Quatrième de couverture :

«Elle est femme, elle appartient à une nation opprimée, elle est pauvre, elle est belle.Une vocation puissante lui fait quitter sa patrie, la Pologne, pour venir étudier à Paris où elle vit des années de solitude, de difficulté.Elle rencontre un homme qui a du génie comme elle. Elle l'épouse. Leur bonheur est d'une qualité unique.Par l'effort le plus acharné et le plus aride, Marie et Pierre Curie découvrent un corps magique, le radium. Leur découverte ne donne pas seulement naissance à une nouvelle science et à une nouvelle philosophie : elle apporte aux hommes le moyen de soigner une maladie affreuse.Au moment même où la gloire arrive, son merveilleux compagnon lui est ravi par la mort.Malgré la détresse du cœur et des maux physiques, elle continue seule la tâche entreprise, et développe avec éclat la science créée par le couple.»Ève Curie.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0306810387
• ISBN 13: 9780306810381
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 444