Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie / Barbara Goldsmith.

New York : W.W. Norton, [2005], ©2005.

256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

"Atlas books."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255).

Early influences -- "I came through it all honestly" -- Paris -- Pierre -- Remarkable accidents -- "The question was entirely new" -- "The best sprinters" -- "A beautiful color" -- "What is the source of the energy?" -- "I will make him an help meet for him" -- "The disaster of our lives" -- "We were happy" -- The metamorphosis -- "My children...cannot awaken life in me" -- "The chemistry of the invisible" -- Honor and dishonor -- "She is very obstinate" -- "All my strength" -- The making of a myth -- To pass the torch -- Marie's legacy.