Marie Curie / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
2007
QD22.C8 K75 2007 (Mapit)
Available at Midgrade/YA Collection
Items
Details
Title
Marie Curie / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
Author
ISBN
9780670058945
0670058947
0670058947
Publication Details
New York : Viking Children's Book, 2007.
Language
English
Description
142 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
QD22.C8 K75 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
540.92 B
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
011 up.
Added Author
Series
Krull, Kathleen. Giants of science.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
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.
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.