The elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel

The elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel – how the glow of radium lit a path for women in science is the biography of an amazing woman with an amazing career and a wonderful family life.

Dava Sobel’s depiction of Marie Curie seems a bit akin to a story about a beloved family member or of a friend. The intrigues and the less positive facts about Curie are not ignored. Her legacy is not whitewashed, but presented in a wonderfully humane way, with flaws and mistakes as part of life.

Marie Curie is still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. This book is about her work, shown in a non-academic way and the men and women around her who worked in the lab or helped her in any way. I liked the amount of details included on them.

Her family life is a big part of her story, as she worked closely with her husband Pierre. She took over his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne, after his tragic and unexpected death, took care of their two daughters. They are too a part of the book, which is fantastic.

I enjoyed the book very much and I recommend it. It’s not very long, so very much worth reading.

The elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel

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My rating: 5/5 Stars
Would I recommend it: yes
Published by: Fourth Estat
Year it was published: 2024
Format: Hardcover
Genre(s): Biography
Pages: 336

About the author: Dava Sobel is an American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Her books include Longitude, about English clockmaker John Harrison; Galileo’s Daughter, about Galileo’s daughter Maria Celeste; and The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars about the Harvard Computers.
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