Radioactive!: The Life of Marie Curie

From bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson, this is the inspiring tale of the passionate scientist who pushed through all obstacles to set the stage for the modern world.

The only person in history to win Nobel prizes in two different sciences, Marie Curie ushered in the 20th century by discovering that certain elements - she dubbed them radioactive - spontaneously spew particles from deep within their atoms.

Her groundbreaking work led to life-saving applications, most notably treatments f...