with it being four degrees outside when we woke, there was frost on the window this morning. it's due to the polar vortex; numbingly cold air which normally sits over the polar region. it's been pushed south by a high pressure system from the east pacific. you can read about it here.
we had delicious stollen for breakfast.
we spent the day reading . .
i've been learning about marie curie . .
she won the nobel prize two times . . and was devoted to her research in her laboratory . .
I read that book when I was about 16 or 17 and loved it! My dad said he really liked it when I was my age and gave it to me to read. That is so funny that you are reading it now too.
ReplyDeleteit's such a fabulous book! the author writes with a wonderful mix of intimate details and interesting facts. i think it's because she interviewed people who knew marie curie, and she took what she needed from primary sources, such as eve curie's bio of her mother (which is next on my list to read!!)
Deletei have to also write that i just didn't realize what an amazing person she was. she was just so special. what i find particularly inspiring about her is how she would collect seeds and plants for the institute's garden. she felt it was very important for laboratories to have large windows open to the world outside, and the plants and trees. i wish modern laboratories in the u.s. today had the same philosophy. she also insisted that the institute's budget include a gardener.
DeleteI didn't look closely enough: I read Eve Curie's book!!I don't know the other one. Sorry for the mix up, but Eve Curie's book is excellent. I have to check out the one you are reading. It might make a perfect book for chemistry. There is also a children's biography we own. I think I gave it to Jonathan to read and he liked it. But I have to agree, she was a wonderful woman.
Deletevery wonderful, and very inspiring. i can't wait to read eva curie's bio. i'm glad to have such a good recommendation :)
DeleteNow you just have to find the time.
DeleteMarie Curie was so fascinating. She suffered so much from all the exposure to radiation, and still her investigations were so important! To her and to all of us.
ReplyDeleteshe was truly a special person :)
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