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03494aam a2200433 i 4500 001 FDE97810EE9F11EB909BBFEC48ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210727010032 008 201023s2021 nyuaf 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781643137148 020 $a 164313714X 035 $a (OCoLC)1201298041 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d HBP $d OCLCO $d ILC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d GO3 $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 530.11 $2 23 100 1 $a Orens, Jeffrey, $e author. 245 14 $a The soul of genius : $b Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the meeting that changed the course of science / $c Jeffrey Orens. 246 30 $a Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the meeting that changed the course of science 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Pegasus Books, Ltd, $c 2021. 300 $a xiv, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical resources and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The First Solvay Conference: a new approach -- The intensity of Marie Curie -- Life partners -- The First Solvay Conference: science at a crossroads -- Solvay's search for a universal law -- Einstein's enigma -- The First Solvay Conference: assembly of genius -- Marie Curie's impossible dream -- Action and reaction -- A different dimension -- After the war -- Epilogue: Follow the science. 520 $a "In 1911, some of the greatest minds in science convened at the First Solvay Conference in Physics, a meeting like no other. Almost half of the attendees had won or would go on to win the Nobel Prize. Over the course of those few days, these minds began to realize that classical physics was about to give way to quantum theory, a seismic shift in our history and how we understand not just our world, but the universe. At the center of this meeting were Marie Curie and a young Albert Einstein. In the years preceding, Curie had faced the death of her husband and soul mate, Pierre. She was on the cusp of being awarded her second Nobel Prize, but scandal erupted all around her when the French press revealed that she was having an affair with a fellow scientist, Paul Langevin. The subject of vicious misogynist and xenophobic attacks in the French press, Curie found herself in a storm that threatened her scientific legacy. Albert Einstein proved an supporter in her travails. They had an instant connection at Solvay. He was young and already showing flourishes of his enormous genius. Curie had been responsible for one of the greatest discoveries in modern science (radioactivity) but still faced resistance and scorn. Einstein recognized this grave injustice, and their mutual admiration and respect, borne out of this, their first meeting, would go on to serve them in their paths forward to making history."--Amazon. 611 20 $a Solvay Conference on Physics $n (1st : $d 1911 : $c Brussels, Belgium) 600 10 $a Curie, Marie, $d 1867-1934. 600 10 $a Einstein, Albert, $d 1879-1955. 650 0 $a Quantum theory $v Congresses. 650 0 $a Quantum theory $x History. 650 0 $a Physics $v Congresses. 650 0 $a Physics $x History. 941 $a 7 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710054631.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804024940.0 952 $l TOPB062 $d 20220503074741.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20211102012614.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20211002015554.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20211002010433.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210727011024.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FDE97810EE9F11EB909BBFEC48ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search