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Marie Curie in Bloomington, MN
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Marie Curie, una mujer nacida en una familia venida a menos y en un país, Polonia, sometido al férreo control del Imperio ruso... Marie Curie, la más pequeña de su casa y cuya salud mental se debilitó por culpa de la muerte de su madre. Marie Curie, una extranjera sin medios en París, la capital de la modernidad; una joven institutriz que trabajaba por una miseria para pagar sus estudios universitarios. Marie Curie, una científica en un mundo de hombres, que tuvo que luchar toda su vida para lograr el reconocimiento social y científico que le correspondía. Pero, por encima de todas esas dificultades, Marie Curie fue la primera mujer en ganar un premio Nobel. Fue la única mujer en ganar el premio en dos campos diferentes, y, por si fuera poco, la primera mujer docente en la célebre Universidad de la Sorbona. Una mujer que tuvo que demostrar que podía ser una mujer libre, que solo rendiría cuentas a los demás mediante su trabajo y su talento. Durante las siguientes páginas, el lector podrá descubrir la fascinante epopeya vital de una mujer que rompió los moldes de su época y se posicionó entre las mentes más brillantes de su generación. Científicos, divulgadores y periodistas ofrecen un collage fascinante sobre los vertiginosos avances de la ciencia durante el cambio de siglo, la posición de las mujeres del siglo XIX, el nacimiento de los premios Nobel, las «otras» Curie y mujeres científicas o el patrimonio cultural de Marie y Pierre Curie.
Marie Curie, a woman born into a run-down family and in a country, Poland, under the iron grip of the Russian Empire... Marie Curie was the youngest one at home and had a weakened mental health after the death of her mother. Marie Curie, a foreigner without means in Paris, the capital of Modernity; a young governess who worked for a pittance in order to be able to pay for her University studies. Marie Curie, a scientist in a world of men she had to fight all her life to achieve the social and scientific recognition that was due to her. But, despite all these difficulties, Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She was the only woman to win this award in two different fields, and, as if that was not enough, the first woman professor at the famous Sorbonne University. A woman who had to show that she could be a free woman, who would only be accountable to others through her work and her talent. In the following pages, the reader will discover the fascinating vital epic of a woman who broke the molds of her time and positioned herself among the most brilliant minds of her generation. Scientists, popularizers and journalists offer a fascinating collage on the vertiginous advances in science during the turn of the century, the position of women in the 19th century, the birth of the Nobel Prize winners, the "other" Curies and women scientists, or the cultural heritage left by Marie and Pierre Curie.
Marie Curie, a woman born into a run-down family and in a country, Poland, under the iron grip of the Russian Empire... Marie Curie was the youngest one at home and had a weakened mental health after the death of her mother. Marie Curie, a foreigner without means in Paris, the capital of Modernity; a young governess who worked for a pittance in order to be able to pay for her University studies. Marie Curie, a scientist in a world of men she had to fight all her life to achieve the social and scientific recognition that was due to her. But, despite all these difficulties, Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She was the only woman to win this award in two different fields, and, as if that was not enough, the first woman professor at the famous Sorbonne University. A woman who had to show that she could be a free woman, who would only be accountable to others through her work and her talent. In the following pages, the reader will discover the fascinating vital epic of a woman who broke the molds of her time and positioned herself among the most brilliant minds of her generation. Scientists, popularizers and journalists offer a fascinating collage on the vertiginous advances in science during the turn of the century, the position of women in the 19th century, the birth of the Nobel Prize winners, the "other" Curies and women scientists, or the cultural heritage left by Marie and Pierre Curie.