Curie y la radiactividad

The Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World

by Paul Strathern

Marie Curie fue un ejemplo para las mujeres que luchaban por el reconocimiento y la independencia y su contribución a la ciencia le mereció con dos premios Nobel. Su trabajo sobre la radioactividad amplió nuestros conocimientos de la física nuclear y produjo enormes avances en el tratamiento del cáncer, pero los peligros inherentes a su trabajo eran desconocidos.

"Curie y la radiactividad" presenta una brillante instantánea de la vida y la obra de Marie Curie y ofrece una explicación clara y accesible del significado e importancia del descubrimiento de la radioactividad y de las implicaciones que ello tendría para la vida en el siglo xx y el futuro.

Genres: Science, Biography, Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 1999

About the author

Paul Strathern (born 1940) is a English writer and academic. He was born in London, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, after which he served in the Merchant Navy over a period of two years. He then lived on a Greek island. In 1966 he travelled overland to India and the Himalayas. His novel A Season in Abyssinia won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1972.

Besides five novels, he has also written numerous books on science, philosophy, history, literature, medicine and economics.

Reviews

[Ali Carre]

Este audiolibro forma parte de una colección que relata la vida de personajes históricos relevantes. En este caso, se trata de una breve biografía de Marie Curie, que incluye aspectos importantes de su vida, el contexto social en el que vivió y, lo más destacado, sus grandes logros y descubrimientos. Me ha parecido muy interesante y, en solo 90 minutos, se entiende muy bien quién fue Madame Curie.

[Yani Daniele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una breve biografía que muestra no solo la grandeza de Marie sino también su humanidad, no es de ese tipo de biografías que lo único que hace es enaltezar y endiosar a un personaje histórico, sino que este muy por el contrario, muestra a Marie como mujer, como científica y como madre, con todas sus virtudes y también con sus defectos. Con un lenguaje sencillo y pequeñas aclaraciones se hace muy ameno y fácil de leer, sin demasiados detalles y fechas que a veces hacen la lectura de las biografías sea algo tedioso.

[Fernanda Nunes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muito bom aprender um pouco mais sobre essa incrível mulher e as dificuldades de ser cientista naquela época

[Mario · Rating 4 out of 5]

بنازم! چقدر گنگت بالا بوده دختر

[Ivanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Berisith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aprender sobre la vida y obra de Marie Curie este libro es perfecto. Me gustó mucho como el autor conectó los hechos históricos y científicos con la historia de Marie y la familia Curie en general.

[Max · Rating 3 out of 5]

Does what it sets out to do. Quick read, interesting, and focuses on both Curie as a person and her role in modern science.

[Bonny · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a quick A-Z biography of Marie Curie's life with some interesting tidbits of information I had not read before. When the author sticks to laying out the facts and science of Curie's discoveries I enjoyed the book, but I was irked by some of the writing. Why did he feel the need to call a scientist a "notebook freak"? Or inject "But Marie Curie was no gentleman, and had no intention of trying to ape one" in regards to her refusal to surrender her Nobel prize in light of her affair? I found the author's opinions distracting and offensive. Why not just let Curie's amazing life and accomplishments speak for themselves?

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I agree with Bonny. The factual part of the story is okay, but the comments he felt it necessary to add were often offensive. In the intro, Strathern wrote that Eva's book about her mother "portrayed one of the most perfectly boring women imaginable." This wasn't the impression I got when I read Eva's "hagiography"; I thought she portrayed a woman who was totally captivated by ideas. As for the omission of the Langevin affair, Strathern needs to consider the times when the book was written.

[Mitzi Moore · Rating 2 out of 5]

This author writes simple books about important people and ideas in history. I should have chosen a different one, because nothing in this particular story was new to me. Most of the books are meant to be read in 90 minutes or less.

[Melinae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marie Curie always had called my attention and it was nice to read a little bit about her life. I admire her tenacity and love for science and that she didn't care about the sexist society she lived in. She kept working and satisfying her thirsty for knowledge.

[Gina · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author has a tendency to be gossipy and even though he acknowledges that Marie Curie faced worse obstacles in this way due to chauvinism, he participates in it. He seems to have a good general scientific understanding but does not know much about people.

[H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not especially well written but really interesting information about Marie Curie's life and studies. Very short.

[Norbert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good short bio of Marie Curie. Nothing spectacular, nothing boring.

[Salutino]

sería muy bueno dárselo a una mujer para inspirarla más a seguir sus sueños