Marie Curie's shrewd though controversial insight was that radioactivity was an atomic property that could be used to discover new elements.

Windows on Central Park will strengthen one s sense of the grandeur and beauty of America s most visited park, and reveal the Park as a towering example of both urban ecology and landscape architecture.'The myth of Marie Curie - the penniless Polish immigrant who through genius and obsessive persistence endured years of toil and deprivation to produce radium, a luminous panacea for all the world's ills, including cancer - has obscured the remarkable truth behind her discoveries. This book includes quotes by sixteen notable individuals about their experiences of looking down from their windows to the Park, including Giorgio Armani, Candice Bergen, Paul Goldberger, Barbara Goldsmith, Evelyn Lauder, Donald Trump, and Elie Wiesel. The photographer's journey took her to more than 100 apartments, offices, hotels, and museums over the course of five years. The principal photographer of six books on gardens and landscape architecture, the author concentrates on the landscape of Central Park, revealing its beauty from above during all four seasons, from early morning to night. One hundred forty-three photographs range from intimate fourth-floor scenes to sweeping vistas from 64 stories above the Park. Unique perspectives on New York's 843-acre Central Park viewed exclusively from windows and terraces on all four sides.

Barbara goldsmith marie curie