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] The book, which was dedicated to her newly deceased collaborator and husband Pierre Curie, 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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