Secondary Literature

“The polish physicist, marie curie, living in paris at the time, chose research on the radiation from uranium as the topic for her doctorate despite bequerels abandoning the topic. she spearheaded the use of a specialized electrometer that her husband, physicist pierre curie, and his brother, jacques curie (1855–1941), had constructed. the electro- meter was capable of measuring the low electric current that flows when irradiated air became conducting. the basis of its operation was the piezoelectric effect.[7] marie curies systematic experiments on an extensive collection of chem- icals and minerals from the natural history museum revealed that thorium also emits radiation comparable to that of uranium. ”

“Commencing with marie curie’s early life in poland and the discovery of radium in the rue l’homond ‘shed’ in paris in 1898, this paper includes some little known facts. it ends with some unusual uses of and claims for radium, and finally, because medical physics is an american journal, details are included of marie curie’s two visits to the usa.”

“Presents profiles of thirty scientists, including isaac newton, michael faraday, albert einstein, marie curie, richard feynman, and edwin hubble.”

“The year 2006 marked 100 years since the death of pierre curie. it is therefore appropriate that we remember his life and his work, which was cut short by his untimely death from an accident on the pont neuf, paris, on april 19, 1906. he had already accomplished much during his life, both before the discovery of radium with marie curie, in work co-authored with his brother jacques on piezoelectricity, and afterwards, when he published the results of several experimental studies with radium and radon. he came from a medical family, and his grandfather pierre curie was a famous homeopathic physician. he has, in print, unfairly been relegated to the background-his own scientific contributions having been overtaken by the fame of marie curie, probably because she outlived him by 28 years.”

“Book review”

“‘This dover edition, first published in 1963 and reissued in 2012, is an unabridged unaltered republication of the work first published by the macmillian company, new york, in 1923’–title page verso. this intimate memoir of the nobel laureate, written by his wife and lab partner, analyzes the nature and significance of the curies’ experiments. in addition to a biographical profile, it features accounts of the couple’s scientific contemporaries and marie curie’s autobiographic notes of her own work with radiation. a delightful book. — the new york times.”

“Originally published: new york : simon & schuster, ©1995. ‘a merloyd lawrence book.’ biography of marie curie, the first woman to receive a nobel prize and one of the discovers of radium and polonium. the author sheds light on the tragic losses and patriotic passion that infused her early years in poland, as well as, the intimacy and joy of her marriage to pierre curie and the depth of her despair at his premature death.”