Description
Author: Susan Quinn
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Date of Publication: 1995
Place of Publication: New York
Page Count: 504 pages
Condition: Near Fine hardcover in Brodart-protected dust jacket; ex-library with discreet stamp to endpaper only, no spine labels, no jacket stickers, clean interior, tight binding
Description:
Susan Quinn’s Marie Curie: A Life is a deeply researched, readable, and humane biography of one of the most important scientists of the modern era. Drawing on newly available letters and archival material, Quinn presents Curie not only as a pioneering physicist and chemist but as a woman navigating exile, ambition, love, grief, and international fame. The result is an authoritative yet intimate portrait that restores complexity to an often mythologized life.
Collector’s Notes / Why We Love This Book:
Considered one of the strongest modern biographies of Marie Curie, balancing scientific achievement with personal history. While an ex-library copy, this example presents exceptionally well and is ideal for readers, scholars, and collectors who value condition and content over provenance purity.