Marie Curie: Genius Researcher of Radioactivity (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9780766065802)

Marie Curie is the first woman to be honored with a Nobel Prize in physics in 1903. In 1911 she was honored with a second Nobel Prize in a different field, this time in chemistry. With her husband Pierre, she pioneered the discovery of radiation and found two elements named polonium and radium. She created the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw that are important centers of medical study today.

Author: Margaret Poynter
ISBN-10: 0766065804
ISBN-13: 9780766065802
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2014
Pages: 96
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 15651 / Marie Curie: Discoverer of Radium