Pierre Curie
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ISBN10: 1544239939
ISBN13: 9781544239934
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 7 2017
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.14
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
ISBN13: 9781544239934
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 7 2017
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.14
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
... Né le 15 mai 1859, il grandit à Paris, dans la rue Saint-Simon où exerçait son père, le Dr Curie, qu'il laisse derrière lui, vieux de quatre-vingt ans. Sa mère, morte voici huit ans, et son frère Jacques, à peine plus âgé que lui, complétaient [le milieu où le docteur, homme de science ennemi de toute servitude morale et matérielle, dogme ou préjugé, le laissa grandir en toute liberté, développant surtout chez les deux frères, grâce à son goût pour l'histoire naturelle, l'amour des faits concrets et la joie d'observer, le contact intime avec la nature, que beaucoup d'enfants connaîtraient si la forme presque exclusivement verbale de notre éducation classique ne venait s'y opposer. Ce fut peut-être une circonstance décisive dans la formation de l'esprit si profondément personnel de Pierre Curie, que ses études furent poursuivies de manière assez irrégulière, et qu'il eut le temps de regarder, de voir autour de lui avec ses propres yeux, de nouer avec les choses une liaison intime et complète dont il conserva toujours l'empreinte, devenu incapable de cette connaissance hâtive, superficielle et insipide qu'on acquiert si bien dans les livres...
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