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Who Was Marie Curie?
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Who Was Marie Curie?
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Megan Stine
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By (author) Who HQ
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Illustrated by Ted Hammond
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| Series | Who Was? |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:112 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 194,Width 135 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780448478968
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| Classifications | Dewey:540.92 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Grosset and Dunlap
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| Imprint |
Grosset and Dunlap
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| Publication Date |
7 August 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Later Marie won another Nobel award for chemistry in 1911.) She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934, a victim of many years of exposure to toxic radiation.
Author Biography
Megan Stine has written several biographies for young readers, includingWho Is Michelle Obama? and Who Was Sally Ride? She lives in Clinton, Connecticut.
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