SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Marjane Sartrapi, starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley.
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINIALIST.
""Vivid and ethereal."" āNew York Times
āRadioactive is quite unlike any book I have ever readāpart history, part love story, part art work and all parts sheer imaginative genius.ā
ā Malcolm Gladwell
Radioactive is the mesmerizing, landmark biography of Marie Curie, by acclaimed author and artist Lauren Redniss. Through brilliant storytelling, Redniss walks us through Curieās life, which was marked by extraordinary scientific discovery and dramatic personal traumaāfrom her complex working and romantic relationship with Pierre Curie, to their discovery of two new scientific elements, to Pierreās tragic death, to Marieās two Nobel Prizes. A haunting and wondrous portrait of one of history's most intriguing figures, Radioactive is a stunning biography and a true work of art. Whether young or old, scientific novice or expert, no one will fail to be moved by Lauren Rednissās eerie and wondrous evocation of one of historyās most intriguing figures.
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