CONTENTS

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PIERRE CURIE

THE LIFE STORY OF PIERRE CURIE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I THE CURIE FAMILY. INFANCY AND FIRST STUDIES OF PIERRE CURIE

CHAPTER II DREAMS OF YOUTH. FIRST SCIENTIFIC WORK. DISCOVERY OF PIEZO-ELECTRICITY

CHAPTER III LIFE AS THE DIRECTOR OF LABORATORY WORK IN THE SCHOOL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. GENERALIZATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SYMMETRY. INVESTIGATIONS OF MAGNETISM

CHAPTER IV MARRIAGE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE FAMILY LIFE. PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER

CHAPTER V THE DREAM BECOME A REALITY. THE DISCOVERY OF RADIUM

CHAPTER VI THE STRUGGLE FOR MEANS TO WORK. THE BURDEN OF CELEBRITY. THE FIRST ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE. IT COMES TOO LATE

CHAPTER VII THE NATION'S SORROW. THE LABORATORIES: "SACRED PLACES"

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES—MARIE CURIE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV A VISIT TO AMERICA

CHARLOTTE AND VERNON KELLOGG

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MRS. WILLIAM BROWN MELONEY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES BY MARIE CURIE

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1923

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