However, it is not clear from Goldsmith’s account whether Curie acknowledged that any of those incidents were rooted in sexism. Whatever you choose to believe about genius and madness. Many other equally egregious incidents are described in the text. Entitled simply Stanley Kubrick: the Exhibition, it is testament to Kubrick’s talent for in-depth research, acquisition of shiny new gadgets for props in his films, and persistence in bending. His obsessive-compulsive tendencies, including his inability to accept change in his life, his multiple phobias. The associated monetary prize, normally 70 000 gold francs for each awardee, was given in full to Becquerel while the Curies had to split 70 000 francs. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame. Once the injustice was corrected, the prize was awarded to Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, and her husband Pierre. But a member of the Nobel Prize committee objected to the omission and informed Pierre, who refused to accept the prize without the inclusion of Marie. The item Obsessive genius : the inner world of Marie Curie, Barbara Goldsmith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a. For example, the official nominating letter for the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics cited the work of Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel while completely ignoring Marie’s contributions. Goldsmith has written several other books that examine women’s lives in the context of history, and her biography of Curie, set at the beginning of the 20th century, naturally includes many incidents of gender bias.
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