TY - BOOK AU - Goldsmith,Barbara AU - Curie,Marie TI - Obsessive genius: the inner world of Marie Curie SN - 9780297847670 U1 - 920 CUR PY - 2005/// PB - Weidenfeld & Nicolson KW - Curie KW - Joliot-Curie KW - Women chemists KW - France KW - Biography KW - Chemists KW - Radioactivity KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) N2 - The legacy of Marie-Curie, her daughter and grand-daughter, who between them released the radioactivity that has transformed our world, makes a fascinating story. Barbara Goldsmith shows how their work led from a desire for the betterment of humanity, through peaceful energy, to the knowledge to create the atom bomb ER -