But the Curies spent long hours working in the lab. Once they won the Nobel Prize for discovering radium, Irene saw her mother even less. Marie Curie was wary of the French educational system ...

Curie's financial position: "Madame Curie is a teacher of science and she has a teacher's salary. She is one of the richest women in the world in scientific lore, but she has given the fruits of her ...

He also is quoted as saying "Madame Curie is a hard person to handle. She has at once the advantage and inconvenience of being a woman." The book also raises interesting questions. It states, for ...