Who was Marie Curie?- Biography /
Stine, Megan,
Who was Marie Curie?- Biography / by Megan Stine ; illustrated by Ted Hammond. - 106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Who was--? .
Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
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.
"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."--
Ages 8-12.
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2014017364
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 --Juvenile literature.
Women chemists--Poland--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women chemists--France--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Radioactivity--History--Juvenile literature.
Biography
540.92
Who was Marie Curie?- Biography / by Megan Stine ; illustrated by Ted Hammond. - 106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Who was--? .
Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
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.
"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."--
Ages 8-12.
9780448478968 (pbk) 044847896X (pbk)
2014017364
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 --Juvenile literature.
Women chemists--Poland--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women chemists--France--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Radioactivity--History--Juvenile literature.
Biography
540.92