Marie Curie
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Introduction -- ch. 1. The gold-medal girl -- ch. 2. The pact -- ch. 3. Magnetic attraction -- ch. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Radioactive -- ch. 5. The legend begins -- ch. 6. Suddenly famous -- ch. 7. Shock -- ch. 8. Embarrassment-on a national scale -- ch. 9. War heroine -- ch. 10. Madame Curie -- ch. 11. Genius genes -- ch. 12. How she changed the world -- Bibliography -- Index.
Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered. Readers will learn about the dark side of a woman and her devotion to science--the politics of science, her depression, and the drive to succeed. It is a brutally honest portrayal of a woman in a field dominated by men.
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SERIES
Giants of science.
PUBLISHED
New York : Viking Children's Book, 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 142 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1050
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0670058947 (hardcover)
9780670058945 (hardcover)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kulikov, Boris, 1966-
SUBJECTS
Curie, Marie, -- 1867-1934.
Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography.
Women chemists -- France -- Biography.
Chemists -- Poland -- Biography.
Chemists -- France -- Biography.