Lot 49
Curie, Marie. Pierre Curie. (1867-1934) Polish-born physicist and chemist who pioneered the study of radioactivity. She was the first person to win two Nobel prizes, one in 1903 (physics) with her husband Pierre (1859-1906) and Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) and one in 1911 by herself in chemistry. First edition of Pierre Curie, the biography Marie Curie wrote of her late husband, inscribed and signed "To Dr. Livingston Farrand with the best wishes of M. Curie" on the first flyleaf. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. Farrand himself a celebrated scientist and writer and President of Cornell University for 15 years. First edition in English, precedes the French edition that was issued in 1924. 8vo, 242 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Includes autobiographical notes of Marie Curie. Cloth covers are a bit worn. Housed in a custom-made navy case with leather and gilt spine.
$5,000 - 6,000
Ex Christies, Oct. 4, 2002, Lot 62.
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