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02390aam a2200241 i 4500 001 0F0B2AA0D2AE11EDB584242D48ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230404010046 008 211119t20232021nyuaf e b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1639362177 020 $a 9781639362172 035 $a (OCoLC)1285671310 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d ZAQ $d YDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 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. 250 $a First Pegasus Books paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Pegasus Books, Ltd, $c 2023. 300 $a xiv, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical resources (pages 265-282) and index. 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 a 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. 941 $a 1 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230404010852.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0F0B2AA0D2AE11EDB584242D48ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search