Madame Curie Pocket Book – September 1, 1981

I devoured this book! Eve, a daughter of Madame Curie, did a fantastic job of her mother's biography. After watching the movie Radium, I found that the book fills in the many questions I had. Loved it!!

Written beautifully. This book might as well have been from her very own perspective. It gave insight into what it was like to Iive under dictatorship, WW1, & one of the greatest scientific discoveries!

When you read this treasure, the extraordinary life of this scientist, all vanity and ego are brought down to the nanoscale. Role model among role model. Eve Curie explained in such rich details, what most scientific articles lack, the severity and love for truth and knowledge. I just finished reading this, while my heart is appropriately humbled, my mind is emboldened with courage. Every scientist, everyone should read this book to learn of a determined life.

So, so good. As a scientist, I'm always curious about other scientists stories. This was really well written and inspiring. As a female scientist, it was really interesting to see how she got respected in a male dominated world and opened doors for other female scientists down the line.My one wish is to also read this in its original version, French, but Amazon currently does not allow ppl from America to purchase books in other language- something about copyright issues.

I have read this book several times since I was 13 years old. It has been and always will be my favorite book and her life has been a role model for me as a scientist, and engineer, a wife, and a mother. it is an amazing love story between Marie and science that is superbly written by her loving daughter. This book, like Madame Curie, is a one of a kind gem.

I like this book because it was written by her daughter and Gand gave a lot of details about curies life .it was written on a personal level scientific enough but book was deep in family life.the book was informative about their discoveries about radioactivity and its future

Although at times this work seems somewhat tedious, this is a wonderful account of a dedicated, inspired woman. Her natural reluctance gave way to a great and important work. She loved her work, her family, and the natural world with an intensity rarely seen among we humans. Finally, she had a determination and will that allowed her access to her dreams. Loved this book!!

A must read. I've been around for over 70 years and know about radium and other radioactive elements from my love of science but I never realized how much went in to the discovery of these elements or of the heart ache and joy encountered. A very well written account of these discoveries and the people behind them. I could not put it down.

I have my grandmothers diary for the year 1942 - in so many passages she writes of this book, how inspiring it is, and that she cannot put it down.. So I thought I would send for it and was thrilled to see it was still available after all these years. One always knows about the Marie Curie nurses, but I had simply no idea of the life this lady lead and what greatness she achieved as a women and a scientist. All her life she shunned fame and money - even when she and her equally talented husband Pierre founded "Radium". They could have become wealthy overnight by patenting the product, but decided instead to share it with scientists all over the world. Only half way through - one amazing story - highly recommended

An excellent biography. You really don't forget this book afterwards.

Very interesting book on the life of Marie Curie.

Such a wonderfully nicely written book. Really gave a clear picture of an amazing hard working woman and her life from so many angles. Really enjoyed it.

Was diese Biografie von anderen Marie Curie Biografien abhebt ist der sehr persönliche Stil, da es sich bei der Biografin um jüngere Tochter handelt. Mir hat besonders imponiert, dass der Werdegang als Frau und Mutter so sorgfältig erzählt wird, mit allen Höhen und Tiefen der damaligen Zeit. Eine Liebeserklärung an eine brillante Mutter, die keine Sekunde lang in Kitsch abdriftet, sondern von echter tiefer Begegnung zeugt. Auch heute noch relevant, wenn wieder einmal anklingt, dass beruflicher Ehrgeiz und sorgfältige innige Beziehungen zum Nachwuchs den meisten Frauen nicht zugetraut werden darf. Hier trifft Exzellenz mit Herz zusammen - und ich fand diese Biografie, obwohl natürlich sprachlich ein wenig veraltet, einfach nur bezaubernd.