Marie Curie*

✍ Scribed by Krull, Kathleen

• Book ID: 107224228
• Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 645 KB
• Series: Giants of Science
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Giants of Science

Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel Prize but two—in physics and chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences.

From her childhood in an oppressed Poland, the daughter of two highly educated individuals, Curie emerges as a driven woman, determined to excel for both her parents’ and her country’s sake, this drive informing everything that followed. ©2007

As in previous series entries, this offering manages to take a wildly complex subject—atomic physics—and render it comprehensible to the child reader, emphasizing the legacy Curie left behind. Readers will emerge from this account with a new appreciation for both the scientific and social advances made by Curie, whose towering achievements justly earn her a place among the ‘Giants.’” --Kirkus

ALA Notable Book for Children