Treatise on Radioactivity

Treatise on Radioactivity (French: Traité de Radioactivité) is a two-volume book from the year 1910 written by the Polish scientist Marie Curie as a survey on the subject of radioactivity.[1][2][3] She was awarded her second Nobel Prize in the following year after the publication of the book.[4] Dedicated to Pierre Curie, the book has been described as "a classic synthesis of current research on radioactivity by scientists of the early 20th century."[5] It was published by the Paris publisher Gauthier-Villars.

References

  1. ↑ John Daintith (18 August 2008). Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Third Edition. CRC Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-4200-7272-3.
  2. ↑ Catharine M. C. Haines (2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
  3. ↑ Suzanne Le-May Sheffield (2004). Women and Science: Social Impact and Interaction. ABC-CLIO. p. XX. ISBN 978-1-85109-460-8.
  4. ↑ "Marie Curie | Lemelson-MIT Program". lemelson.mit.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  5. ↑ http://library.brown.edu/exhibit/exhibits/show/evolution-of-chemistry/modern-chemistry----/marie-curie

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