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Marie Curie: a Life, by Susan Quinn


Just like most of you, I read Eva Curie's biography of her mother when I was around 10 or 11 years old (mine was is the Reader's Digest for Young Adults). I was, like you, inspired. Recently, I saw the reenactment of Marie Curie by Susan Marie Frontczak, produced on film by Jen Myronuk. The presentation was AMAZING! I really did feel as if Marie Curie was telling her story just to me. MSTA will be discussing sponsoring this presentation at a conference in the future.

Susan Marie Frontczak talked with the audience via Skype after the presentation. She told us that she had read Eva Curie's biography in her preparation, but she relyied on the Susan Quinn biography for much of her research and dialogue. I knew I had to read this book, so I downloaded it to my Kindle that very day!

The book is, of course, enlightening. I just happened to be reading about Marie's viewing the total eclipse the night before our total eclipse in August. I stopped so I could read that section while I awaited our eclipse. This was profound for me.

I encourage you to read this book. You find many things you did not know about Curie. For example, did you know that she and her daughter Irene developed a mobile imaging devise to take into the field hospitals of WW1? There are many instances like this throughout the book.

Read the book, see the production, and celebrate Marie Curie's 150th birthday November 7th.



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