Jan 23, 2021 12:39 PM EDT
In the early 20th century, radium was the hot “medicinal” product, and Madame Marie Curie its chief ambassador. Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for physics (shared in 1903 with her husband Pierre and fellow scientist Henri Becquerel) for isolating the element, and she became the Sorbonne’s first woman professor of general physics in 1906.
But on Jan. 23, 1911, the French Academy of Sciences made a grave error against both history and science. At their meeting on that cold, winter day, Marie Curie was proposed for membership and promptly voted down.
Yes, you just read that last sentence correctly: One hundred and ten years ago today, Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie was formally rejected for membership by the French Academy of Sciences.
From Kazuo Ishiguro to Viet Thanh Nguyen, there is no shortage of new book highlights in the coming months. Photo: Handout
Say what you will about 2020, it was a great year for books. How s 2021 looking? Here are some titles we are looking forward to in the first four months.
The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by K. Woodman- Maynard (Candlewick, out now)
Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald s famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolours.
That Old Country Music, by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, Jan 12)
Irish writer Barry, winner of the Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmiths Prize, returns with his third collection of stories that blend humour and pathos, beauty and sorrow.
Put on your sunglasses, folks. It s a shiny new year out there.
Say what you will about 2020, it was a great year for books. How s 2021 looking? Here are some titles we are looking forward to in the first three months.
• The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by K. Woodman-Maynard (Candlewick, 240 pages, $24.99, available now)
Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald s famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolors.
• That Old Country Music, by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, 208 pages, $22.99, released Tuesday)
Irish writer Barry, winner of the Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmiths Prize, returns with his third collection of stories that blend humor and pathos, beauty and sorrow.
Put on your sunglasses, folks. It s a shiny new year out there.
Say what you will about 2020, it was a great year for books. How s 2021 looking? Here are some titles we are looking forward to in the first four months. The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by K. Woodman- Maynard (Candlewick, Jan. 5)
Woodman-Maynard, a Minnesota graphic designer, has woven excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald s famous novel throughout mystical and haunting watercolors. That Old Country Music, by Kevin Barry (Doubleday, Jan. 12)
Irish writer Barry, winner of the Dublin Literary Award and the Goldsmiths Prize, returns with his third collection of stories that blend humor and pathos, beauty and sorrow.
9 Inspirational Women Leaders From the Last 100 Years You Should Definitely Know
The Global Citizen Prize for World Leader finalists highlight that women make remarkable leaders.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
The 2020 Global Citizen Prize will honor incredible people around the world who are working towards achieving the United Nations’ Global Goals and ending extreme poverty. The four women finalists for the Global Citizen Prize for World Leader have proven that women are prominent leaders in working towards achieving these goals and establishing a world that is fair, just, and equal. Join the movement to help end extreme poverty by 2030 by taking action here.