Making Marie Curie : Intellectual Property and Celebrity Culture in an Age of Information /

In many ways, Marie Curie represents modern science. Her considerable lifetime achievements-the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the only woman to be awarded the Prize in two fields, and the only person to be awarded Nobel Prizes in multiple sciences-are studied by schoolchildren across the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wirtén, Eva Hemmungs (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Colección:science.culture
Temas:
Celebrities > France.
Intellectual property > History.
Women chemists > France.
Women in science.
SCIENCE / General.
reputation, celebrity, fame, popular culture, history, biography, marie curie, women in science, stem, role models, nobel prize, inspiration, poland, france, information, intellectual property, identity, marriage, gender, femininity, chemistry, nonfiction, radium, league of nations, nationalism, persona, public figure, international commission, inventions, patent, ownership, branding, press.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Me, Myself, I: In the Interest of Disinterestedness
  • 2. Scandal, Slander, and Science: Surviving 1911
  • 3. The Gift(s) That Kept on Giving: Circulating Radium and Curie
  • 4. Intellectuals of the World, Unite! Curie and the League of Nations
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Index

Ejemplares similares