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001 2007024251
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008 070608s2007 nyua j b 001 0beng
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020 $a0670058947 (hardcover)
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035 $a(OCoLC)144331482
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100 1 $aKrull, Kathleen.
245 10 $aMarie Curie /$cby Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
260 $aNew York :$bViking Children's Book,$c2007.
300 $a142 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aGiants of science
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction --$gch. 1. The$tgold-medal girl --$gch. 2. The$tpact --$gch. 3.$tMagnetic attraction --$gch. 4.$tMr. and Mrs. Radioactive --$gch. 5. The$tlegend begins --$gch. 6.$tSuddenly famous --$gch. 7.$tShock --$gch. 8.$tEmbarrassment-on a national scale --$gch. 9.$tWar heroine --$gch. 10.$tMadame Curie --$gch. 11.$tGenius genes --$gch. 12.$tHow she changed the world --$tBibliography --$tIndex.
520 $aDescribes 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.
521 1 $a011 up.
600 10 $aCurie, Marie,$d1867-1934.
650 0 $aWomen chemists$zPoland$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aWomen chemists$zFrance$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aChemists$zPoland$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aChemists$zFrance$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
600 11 $aCurie, Marie,$d1867-1934.
650 1 $aWomen chemists$zPoland$vBiography.
650 1 $aWomen chemists$zFrance$vBiography.
650 1 $aChemists$zPoland$vBiography.
650 1 $aChemists$zFrance$vBiography.
700 1 $aKulikov, Boris,$d1966-
800 1 $aKrull, Kathleen.$tGiants of science.