Marie Curie: A Life by Susan Quinn Published by Plunkett Lake Press, August 2011 www.plunkettlakepress.com © Susan Quinn Notes for this book can be found in the hardcover and paperback editions. TO DANNY CONTENTS Introduction 1. A Family with Convictions 2. A Double Life 3. Some Very Hard Days 4. A Precious Sense of Liberty 5. A Beautiful Thing 6. Everything Hoped For 7. Discovery 8. A Theory of Matter 9. The Prize 10. Turning Toward Home 11. Desolation and Despair 12. A New Alchemy 13. Rejection 14. Scandal 15. Recovery 16. Serving France 17. America 18. A Thousand Bonds 19. Legacies Acknowledgements Bibliography