Product Description: The exciting personal,story of the discovery of radioactivity - of X-rays - told by the scientist herself in her own (French) words. History Of Science

Product Description: Marie Sklodowska Curie, Trägerin des Nobelpreises für Physik und für Chemie, untersuchte die von Henri Becquerel beobachtete Strahlung von Uranverbindungen. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann Pierre entdeckte sie das Radium und das Polonium und prägte den Begriff „radioaktiv"...read more

Product Description: Here is the celebrated scientist's doctoral thesis, the prelude to her receipt of the 1903 Nobel Prize. Curie discusses establishing atomic character of radioactivity from compounds of uranium and thorium; extraction from pitchblende of polonium and radium; isolation of pure radium chloride; determination of atomic weight of radium; and more...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: Die vorliegende Arbeit bezweckt, eine Ubersicht uber die Untersuchungen an radioaktiven Substanzen zu geben, die ich seit mehr als vier Jahren ausfuhre. Der Ausgangspunkt war eine Untersuchung der von Herrn Becquerel entdeckten Uran strahlen...read more