The Elements of Marie Curie

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude,chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science- and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.

Dava Sobel is the internationally renowned author of 'Longitude' and 'Galileo's Daughter'. She is also an award-winning former science reporter for the 'New York Times' and writes frequently about science for several magazines, including the 'New Yorker', 'Audubon', 'Discover', 'Life' and 'Omni'. She is currently writing a book called 'The Planets' for Fourth Estate. She lives in East Hampton, New York.