Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Read Summary
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. Read Summary
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. Read Summary
If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity. Read Summary
I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy. Read Summary
In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons. Read Summary
The death of my husband, coming immediately after the general knowledge of the discoveries with which his name is associated, was felt by the public, and especially by the scientific circles, to be a national misfortune. Read Summary
I met Pierre Curie for the first time in the spring of the year 1894... A Polish physicist whom I knew, and who was a great admirer of Pierre Curie, one day invited us together to spend the evening with himself and his wife. Read Summary
During the year 1894, Pierre Curie wrote me letters that seem to me admirable in their form. No one of them was very long, for he had the habit of concise expression, but all were written in a spirit of sincerity and with an evident anxiety to make the one he desired as a companion know him as he was. Read Summary
During the course of my research, I had had occasion to examine not only simple compounds, salts and oxides, but also a great number of minerals. Read Summary