Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been
sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie
behind the myth--an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a
spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of
society, and her own passionate nature. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling
portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she
paid for fame.