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Who was Marie Curie? by Megan Stine ; illustrated by Ted Hammond.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who was--?Publication details: New York Grosset & Dunlap 2015Description: 106 p. ill. 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780448478968 (pbk)
  • 044847896X (pbk)
Uniform titles:
  • Who was Marie Curie?
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 540.92 23
LOC classification:
  • QD22.C8 S825 2014
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."--
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Books Books GESM Library Main Library English Non-Fiction Grade School ENC/ 540 STI Available 04/26/2021 E0002416

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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