CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. [The Curie Family. Infancy and First Studies of Pierre Curie]
II. [Dreams of Youth. First Scientific Work. Discovery of Piezo-Electricity]
III. [Life as the Director of Laboratory Work in the School of Physics and Chemistry. Generalization of the Principle of Symmetry. Investigations of Magnetism]
IV. [Marriage and Organization of Family Life. Personality and Character]
V. [The Dream Become a Reality. The Discovery of Radium]
VI. [The Struggle for Means to Work. The Burden of Celebrity. The First Assistance from the State. It Comes Too Late]
VII. [The Nation's Sorrow. The Laboratories: "Sacred Places"]
[Autobiographical Notes—Marie Curie]