Description
Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth–an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of society, and her own passionate nature.Obsessive Geniusis a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame.
Review Quotes:
Never a dull moment…Goldsmith leads the reader through a wonderland of facts with just the right blend of science and story. In the end, the mystery of the great Madame [Curie] remains, but a deeper understanding of what she went through as a woman and a scientist shines as strong as her radium.– “San Francisco Chronicle”
Bestselling historian Goldsmith incisively chronicles [Curie’s] intensely dramatic life…Her powerful portrait reveals a woman of great passion, genius, and pain who changed the world.– “Booklist, starred review”
Barbara Goldsmith(1931–2016), a journalist and philanthropist, was the author ofLittle Gloria…Happy at Last,Obsessive Genius,Johnson v. Johnson,The Straw Man, andOther Powers.
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub Date: October 17, 2005
0.69″ H x 8.02″ L x 5.52″ W
272 pages
paperback
