The Curies
Subtitle: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science
Publisher: Wiley
Published: August 1, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780471273912
First sentence: City workers in Paris removed a tree obscuring a view of Victor Hugo's home, placed baskets of flowers in front of it, decked the street with flags, and sanded it to prepare for a million marching feet.