Name: PEM Reads: The Elements of Marie Curie with Dava Sobel
Start: 2024-11-24T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-24T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Peabody Essex Museum

PEM Reads: The Elements of Marie Curie with Dava Sobel

Sunday, November 24, 2024 from 2—4 pm
In-person event
Location: Morse Auditorium and the Morse Alcove
Included with admission
The Elements of Marie Curie with Dava Sobel
Know before you go
In-person event
Location: Morse Auditorium and the Garden Atrium
Included with admission
Join us for an exciting PEM Reads event with author Dava Sobel in conversation about her new book, The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.
The bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughter creates a vivid and illuminating portrait of Marie Skłodowska Curie, a talented chemist and physicist who taught physics at the Sorbonne, drove x-ray equipment to the front lines of World War I, befriended Albert Einstein and “inspired generations of young women the world over to pursue science as a way of life.” Sobel’s book narrates Curie’s remarkable life of research, travel and public service. It also highlights the stories of the women scientists she trained and inspired, such as her daughter Irène, winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Marguerite Perey, who discovered the element Francium.
This event will include a 90-minute discussion with the author, followed by a book signing. Advance copies are available at the PEM Shop or online at shop.pem.org/products/elements-of-marie-curie
PEM Reads celebrates the art of literature and the creative act of writing through a year-round series of collaborative book club readings and author events, both in person and online. By gathering to read and discuss world-class literature and meet authors, PEM Reads seeks to deepen our sense of community and celebrate great storytelling. We hope you’ll join us!
About the Author
Dava Sokel
Dava Sobel is the author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter, The Planets, A More Perfect Heaven, And the Sun Stood Still and The Glass Universe, and co-author of The Illustrated Longitude. She is the recipient of the Individual Public Service Award from the National Science Board, the Bradford Washburn Award, the Kumpke-Roberts Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. A former New York Times science reporter and current editor of the “Meter” poetry column in Scientific American, she lives on Long Island.