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Books like Madame Curie
An intimate, deeply moving portrait of relentless genius and the profound personal sacrifices made in the name of discovery. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Madame Curie.
- inspiring
- somber
- intimate
- 01
The radium girls
Kate Moore (Writer and editor)
A harrowing but deeply inspiring chronicle of ordinary women fighting for their lives and legacies against monstrous corporate negligence.
- 02
Uncle Tungsten
Oliver Sacks · 2001
A luminous memoir of a boy finding refuge from wartime trauma in the explosive, orderly magic of chemistry.
- 03
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
A delightfully witty, bite-sized tour of the cosmos that makes the mind-boggling scale of science feel like a fun conversation with a very smart friend.
- 04
My life in France
Julia Child; Alex Prud'homme · 2006
A joyous, butter-soaked love letter to French cuisine, late-blooming passion, and a deeply devoted marriage.
- 05
Helen Keller
Laurie Lawlor · 2001
A candid and grounded exploration of a legendary figure that strips away the myth to reveal a fiercely independent, complex human being.
- 06
Bringing Up Bebe
Pamela Druckerman
A witty, reassuring passport to a more relaxed and civilized approach to motherhood.
- 07
Helen Keller
Johanna Hurwitz · 1997
An accessible, uplifting introduction to a legendary life that turns historical facts into an inspiring story of breakthrough.
- 08
Isaac Newton
James Gleick · 2003
An elegant, atmospheric plunge into the obsessive and brilliant mind that dragged humanity out of the dark ages and into the light of modern physics.
- 09
Einstein
Walter Isaacson
An expansive, illuminating journey into the rebellious mind of a man who unlocked the universe while struggling with the gravity of his own human life.
- 10
Einstein's theory of relativity
Max Born
A rigorous, scholarly exploration of the foundational concepts that reshaped our understanding of the universe.
- 11
Catherine la Grande
Henri Troyat
A comprehensive and authoritative journey through the life and reign of a powerful historical empress.
- 12
The Atoms Within Us
Ernest Borek
An illuminating journey into the microscopic building blocks of life and the history of how we discovered them.
