TY - BOOK AU - Goldsmith,Barbara TI - Obsessive genius: the inner world of Marie Curie T2 - Great discoveries SN - 9780393327489 AV - QD22.C8 G56 2005 U1 - 540/.92B 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Curie, Marie, KW - Chemists KW - Poland KW - Biography KW - Women chemists N1 - "Atlas books."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255); Early influences -- "I came through it all honestly" -- Paris -- Pierre -- Remarkable accidents -- "The question was entirely new" -- "The best sprinters" -- "A beautiful color" -- "What is the source of the energy?" -- "I will make him an help meet for him" -- "The disaster of our lives" -- "We were happy" -- The metamorphosis -- "My children...cannot awaken life in me" -- "The chemistry of the invisible" -- Honor and dishonor -- "She is very obstinate" -- "All my strength" -- The making of a myth -- To pass the torch -- Marie's legacy UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004015027.html ER -