Making Marie Curie Intellectual Property and Celebrity Culture in an Age of Information |
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| Author:
| Wirten, Eva Hemmungs |
| Series title: | Science. culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-23584-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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Marie Curie represents modern science. Her considerable lifetime achievements--including being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences--are studied by schoolchildren across the globe.
Making Marie Curie explores what went into making this icon of science. It is not a traditional biography, or one that seeks to uncover the "real” Marie Curie....
More DescriptionMarie Curie represents modern science. Her considerable lifetime achievements--including being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences--are studied by schoolchildren across the globe. Making Marie Curie explores what went into making this icon of science. It is not a traditional biography, or one that seeks to uncover the "real” Marie Curie. Instead, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén draws readers through major events in Marie Curie’s life, tracing a career spanning two centuries and one World War, in order to paint a composite picture of her rising celebrity. In doing so, Hemmungs Wirtén provides an innovative and historically grounded account of how modern science emerges in tandem with celebrity culture, through the power of print and under the influence of intellectual property.