| Description |
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
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Who was? |
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Who was-- ?
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 106) |
| Contents |
Who was Marie Curie? -- Eager to learn -- The secret school -- Hungry but happy -- Loves -- Marie's discovery -- It glows! -- Fame and fortune -- Misery -- A family of scientists. |
| Summary |
"Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Marie later won another Nobel for chemistry in 1911.) She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934, a victim of many years of exposure to toxic radiation."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. |
| Subject |
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- Juvenile literature.
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Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women chemists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Radioactivity -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Women chemists.
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Chemists.
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Radioactivity.
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Women -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Hammond, Ted, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
1484435311 |
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9781484435311 |
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