|aMarie Curie / |cby Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
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|aNew York : |bPuffin Books, |c2009.
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|a142 p. : |bill. ; |c20 cm.
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|aGiants of science.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.
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|aIntroduction -- 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.
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|aDescribes 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.
Traces the life of this reclusive scientist who coined the term radioactivity, and won two Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry. An ALA Notable Book. Reprint.