Lives & Memoirs
Pierre Curie
Marie Curie
1923
5h 11m
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Marie Curie's own memoir of her husband and scientific partner, the physicist Pierre Curie. She recalls their courtship, their shared Paris laboratory, the discovery of radium and polonium, and the shattering accident that ended his life. An intimate record of two Nobel laureates who reshaped modern science together.
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13 chapters
- 1Introduction22m
- 2Ch. 1: The Curie Family, Infancy and First Studies of Pierre Curie15m
- 3Ch. 2: Dreams of Youth, First Scientific Work, Discovery of Piezo-Electricity14m
- 4Ch. 3: Life as the Director of Laboratory Work in the School of Physics and Chemistry, Generalization of the Principle of Symmetry, Investigations of Magnetism31m
- 5Ch.4: Marriage and Organization of the Family Life. Personality and Character28m
- 6Ch. 5: The Dream Become a Reality. The Discovery of Radium18m
- 7Ch. 6: The Struggle for Means to Work. The Burden of Celebrity. The First Assistance From the State. It Comes Too Late. Pt. 122m
- 8Ch. 6: The Struggle for Means to Work. The Burden of Celebrity. The First Assistance From the State. It Comes Too Late. Pt. 222m
- 9Ch. 7 The Nation's Sorrow. The Laboratories:"Sacred Places"20m
- 10Autobiographical Notes Ch. 129m
- 11Autobiographical Notes Ch. 240m
- 12Autobiographical Notes Ch. 331m
- 13Autobiographical Notes Ch. 420m
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