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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.

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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.

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Pierre Curie came to see me and showed a simple and sincere sympathy with my student life. Soon he caught the habit of speaking to me of his dream of ...more