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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface. Formula for an Icon: Marie Curie (1867–1934)
Part One: School of Physics and Chemistry, 42 Rue Lhomond, Paris
Chapter 1. MANYA (Hydrogen)
Chapter 2. MARIE (Iron)
Chapter 3. MADAME CURIE (Tungsten and Molybdenum)
Chapter 4. PIERRE (Uranium)
Chapter 5. ANDRÉ (Actinium)
Chapter 6. EUGÉNIE (Radiotellurium)
Part Two: Sorbonne Annex, 12 Rue Cuvier
Chapter 7. HARRIET (Emanation)
Chapter 8. ELLEN (Copper and Lithium)
Chapter 9. LUCIE (Helium)
Chapter 10. SYBIL (Thorium)
Chapter 11. EVA (Radium)
Chapter 12. JADWIGA and IRÉN (Gold)
Chapter 13. HERTHA (Carbon)
Chapter 14. SUZANNE (Platinum and Iridium)
Chapter 15. MAURICE (Ionium)
Part Three: The Radium Institute: Curie Laboratory, 1 Rue Pierre-Curie
Chapter 16. IRÈNE (Lead)
Chapter 17. MARTHE (Chlorine)
Chapter 18. MADELEINE (Radioneon)
Chapter 19. LÉONIE (Oxygen)
Chapter 20. MISSY (Silver)
Chapter 21. CATHERINE (Mesothorium)
Chapter 22. FRÉDÉRIC (Radon)
Part Four: Large-Scale Production Facility, Arcueil
Chapter 23. ALICJA (Polonium)
Chapter 24. ÉLIANE (Polonium bis)
Chapter 25. ANGÈLE (Bismuth)
Chapter 26. ISABELLE and ANTONIA (Thallium)
Chapter 27. BRANCA (Boron)
Chapter 28. WILLY (Beryllium)
Chapter 29. MARIE-HENRIETTE, MARIETTA, et al. (Aluminum)
Chapter 30. ÈVE (Radiophosphorus)
Epilogue. MARGUERITE (Francium)
Picture Section
Footnotes
The Radioactivists
Annotations
Glossary
Radioactive Decay Series
Quotation Sources
Bibliography
Appreciation
Index
About the Author
Also by Dava Sobel
About the Publisher
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