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Introduction 9 Chapter 1 Early Influences 17 Chapter 2 "I Came Through It All Honestly" 32 Chapter 3 Paris 46 Chapter 4 Pierre 55 Chapter 5 Remarkable Accidents 65 Chapter 6 "The Question Was Entirely New" 73 Chapter 7 "The Best Sprinters" 86 Chapter 8 "A Beautiful Color" 97 Chapter 9 "What is the Source of the Energy?" 111 Chapter 10 I Will Make a Help Meet For Him 118 Chapter 11 The Disaster of Our Lives 125 Chapter 12 We Were Happy 139 Chapter 13 Metamorphosis 149 Chapter 14 "My Children . . . Cannot Awaken Life in Me" 161 Chapter 15 "The Chemistry of the Invisible" 171 Chapter 16 Honor and Dishonor 184 Chapter 17 "She Is Very Obstinate" 197 Chapter 18 "All My Strength" 204 Chapter 19 The Making of a Myth 213 Chapter 20 To Pass the Torch 229 Chapter 21 Marie's Legacy 246 Endnotes 261 Selected Bibliography 282 Acknowledgments 296 Photo Credits 300
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Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography.