Marie Curie rejected everything that comes with fame she was indifferent about money, comfort, and all ‘advantages' that other recognized men accepted at that time. As I was reading, I wondered: Have I ever met a person with such a strong vocation like Marie Curie? Her powerful vocation led her to live by perpetually giving to science. Besides being a remarkable scientist, she was also an exceptional human being. The quoted words were actually pronounced.”Īfter reading this book, my admiration for Marie Curie expanded to a personal level. Eve Curie made very clear the authenticity of her story: “I have not related a single anecdote of which I am not sure. She collected letters and anecdotes of Marie Curie’s youth and the last years from her Polish family, personal notes of the scientist, close friends, and of course, her own memories of a daily life with her mother. This biography is the fine product of years of research by Eve Curie. A biography by Eve Curie”, is truly an incredible journey through the life of the scientist. In this book, Eve Curie beautifully describes the story of a life driven by vocation.

While walking through the house where Maria Salomea Skłodowska was born, I realised everything I knew about her was related to her discoveries, but who was Maria Skłodowska-Curie as a person? In the museum’s gift shop, I stumbled upon her biography which was written by the youngest of her daughters and there I got my answer. The experience in the museum felt very personal, it was small and cosy, filled with equipment but also with personal belongings of the scientist. In December 2019, while strolling with no direction in downtown Warsaw, I found myself next to a house with a big metal plate announcing “Museum of Maria Skłodowska-Curie”.

A brilliant scientist, a list of prizes and honorary titles follow her name… but who was Marie Curie as a person?

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