In my laboratory, before we possessed more sophisticated electrometers, the simple gold-leaf electroscope was our essential eye into the invisible world of atomic emanations....
In my work isolating the elements, I have learned that the substances of our world are not passive. They possess an energy, a nature,...
In my work, I have found that the most profound challenges in nature rarely yield to a solitary mind. A true scientific partnership, such...
In the crucible of the Great War, it became brutally clear that swift, accurate medical intervention saves lives. Delay and disorganization are as fatal...
Sodium chloride is essential not only for life but for the preservation of sustenance. Yet, salt gathered from nature is invariably contaminated with undesirable...
I have dedicated my life to the pursuit of knowledge, not for fame or fortune, but for the profound beauty of understanding the universe....
In my work, from the isolation of radium to the operation of radiological cars on the front lines, I have learned a truth of...
In my work, I have found that nature does not yield her secrets easily. Failure is not a cause for despair, but rather a...
It has been my life's work to study the mysterious radiations emitted by certain elements. While some, like my beloved radium, generate their own...
I have dedicated my life to the study of the fundamental constituents of the universe. All that you see, touch, and are, is composed...
The popular imagination pictures scientific discovery as a flash of brilliance, a sudden Eureka. This is a dangerous fiction. True progress is born not...
In my work, I have observed that the most profound transformations often arise from the simplest of elements. The creation of soap is a...
In my work, I have found that nature does not yield her secrets easily. To isolate a single element from a complex ore requires...
In my work with radioactive substances, the ability to measure extremely faint electrical currents proved paramount. An ordinary electroscope is insufficient. My husband, Pierre,...
In my work, I have found that nature does not yield its secrets easily. They must be won through rigorous and systematic inquiry. This...