Despite her scientific achievements, Marie Curie (pictured here in 1925) has long been regarded as a figure whose legacy, ... By contrast, the women in Sobel’s book doubted themselves, and Curie.

Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years later, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris ...

Radium, Marie Curie and her husband discovered, ... (2016), among other books, takes the familiar story of Marie Curie (1867-1934) and crosscuts it.

Marie Curie had an extraordinary life, but as Glenda Cooper finds out in this new biography by Dava Sobel, Curie also led the way for many other female pioneers of science.

Ms. Sobel’s book deftly explores the science of chemistry and the history of radium, while also following the remarkable ...

Even now nearly a century after her death Marie Curie remains the only female scientists most people can name. Dava Sobel writes that in her new book “The Elements of Marie Curie.” Which is a ...

Discover the powerful friendship that history forgot in this play filled with heart, humour and chemistry On my ...

In her book The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of ­Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024), author (and Scientific American poetry editor) Dava Sobel ...

Dava Sobel, preeminent science writer, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author, joins John Williams to discuss the new book, “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow ...

A compelling book uncovers little-known aspects of the iconic chemist’s life, and the pioneering — if troubled — careers of the women who worked with her. The Elements of Marie Curie: How ...

Many of Curie's clothing, furniture, and books, especially lab instruments, remain very radioactive after more than 100 years. Objects like her laboratory notebooks are stored in lead-lined boxes ...