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The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel review – lessons in chemistry

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85% Informative

Author Dava Sobel has interwoven her account of Marie Curie’s life and scientific discoveries with those of dozens of female scientists who passed through her lab in Paris .

The double Nobel prizewinner is the only female scientist most people can name.

She has inspired more biopics and biographies than I can count, including those written by her daughters.

Marie and Irène ’s relationship was adoring and apparently though it is hard to believe this is the whole story uncomplicated.

Sobel does an excellent job of helping the reader to understand the historical importance and context of Curie 's work.

But her interior life remains largely mysterious, and I found myself itching to consult other sources.

VR Score

93

Informative language

95

Neutral language

53

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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