The Elements of Marie Curie




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ClassGraphic Not just a biography. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024) gives us the story of Marie Curie but adds “elements,” the women who were trained in her laboratory and went on to remarkable careers in science. If asked to name a famous woman scientist, the first name on most of our lips would be Marie Curie. Not just a woman in science, she was among the great physicists discovering the secrets of the atom. Besides her research, she mentored young researchers (mostly women), many of whom made their own significant discoveries. Sobel has us follow Marie through her own early struggles being a woman in science at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, and then dedicates half the book to telling the stories of the remarkable women who worked in her laboratory. The members of our study group will learn to appreciate the full accomplishments of Marie Curie. This book blends science, history, and biography for a general audience.

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4 Session(s)
Weekly - Tue

Location
TBD

Instructor
Multiple

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Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
1/20/2026 - 2/10/2026 Weekly - Tue 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM TBD Jerry Bernstein  ; Judy Curtis 

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