Marie Curie : mother of modern physics
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Marie Curie : mother of modern physics
AUTHOR:
Borzendowski, Janice.
ISBN:
9781402753183
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Sterling Pub, c2009.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
124 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 20 cm
SERIES:
Sterling biographies
Sterling biographies.
SERIES_TITLE:
Sterling biographies
Sterling biographies.
CONTENTS:
A glow in the dark -- Youngest and brightest -- An independent life -- Paris, and Pierre -- Match made in science -- New science -- Something out of nothing -- Reluctant celebrities -- Facing the future alone -- In the shadow of success -- War service -- The last years -- Marie Curie's legacy.
ABSTRACT:
A biography of the scientist and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie explores both Curie's personal and professional life.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Physicists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Women physicists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Physicists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Women physicists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Chemists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Chemists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Women chemists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- Juvenile literature. |
BIBSUMMARY:
A biography of the scientist and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie explores both Curie's personal and professional life.