| Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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| Description |
48pBlue Spine
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| Series |
Groundbreakers
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| Summary/Abstract |
Presents the life history of Marie Curie, the amazing power and focus of whose mind lit up her life, which she dedicated to science from the beginning to end. A biography of the chemist whose work with radium laid the foundation for much of today’s scientific knowledge.
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| Contents |
The Polish homeland
Enter Marya Sklodovska
The teenage years
A very special governess
The tide turns
The student
Pierre Curie
Love and marriage
The great work begins
Radioactivity!
The new elements
A gift of healing
Tragedy strikes
The work goes on
World War I
The American connection
Death by radium
A force for good
The dark side
A woman who stands alone
Timeline
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| Standard Number |
0431104549 Pb.
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