The genius of Marie Curie : the woman who lit up the world.
The first woman to be awarded a Nobel prize, Marie Curie was an extraordinary woman whose story is as remarkable in the modern day as it was last century. In her lifetime, she became a rare thing: a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip, fascinated by a...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
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England :
BBC,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | The first woman to be awarded a Nobel prize, Marie Curie was an extraordinary woman whose story is as remarkable in the modern day as it was last century. In her lifetime, she became a rare thing: a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip, fascinated by a woman winning prestigious awards and making groundbreaking discoveries. But how did Marie Curie achieve such great things in a time when a woman's place was in the home, not the laboratory, and raise a family at the same time? |
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| Item Description: | Censorship classification: PG. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (video file (53 min.)) |
| Production Credits: | Produced & directed by Gideon Bradshaw. |