| Edition |
1st ed |
| Descript |
134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-123) and index |
| Contents |
Beginnings -- Governess -- Pierre -- Discovery -- Fame -- Trouble -- Scandal -- War -- Danger -- Endings -- Legacy -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Recommended web sites -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index |
| Summary |
Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world |
| Note |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
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DANBURY 7TH GRADE 2009 |
| Subject |
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934
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Radium
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Chemists -- Poland -- Biography
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Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography
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Physicists -- Poland -- Biography
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Women physicists -- Poland -- Biography
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| ISBN |
0374380368 |
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