Title:
Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium
Personal Author EPSB:
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.
Other Title:
Marie Curie
Year Published:
2006
Physical Description:
134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Beginnings -- Governess -- Pierre -- Discovery -- Fame -- Trouble -- Scandal -- War -- Danger -- Endings -- Legacy -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Recommended web sites -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index.
Awards:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Personal Subject:
ISBN:
9780374380366
Publisher:
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006
