![]() ![]() “And so, the Curies plunged into a Sisyphean task. ![]() Chemists in particular wanted to see them, to touch them.Only concrete evidence would be persuasive. “The Curies had demonstrated the existence of polonium and radium through their radioactivity, but fellow scientists remained skeptical. Here Redniss describes how, following Marie’s observation of radioactivity in a mineral called pitchblende, the Curies isolated for the first time a compound containing radium, a radioactive element. But it finds new life in the hands of writer and artist Lauren Redniss, who weaves together deft narrative and vivid illustrations to create a thoroughly modern account of the scientific and romantic passions of the Curies, as well as the repercussions of their discoveries. The story of Marie and Pierre Curie and their Nobel Prize–winning research on radiation has been oft told. Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, a Tale of Love and Fallout ![]()
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