Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium

McClafferty, Carla Killough 1958- (Author).

Summary: Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world.

Record details

ISBN: 0374380368 (hardcover) :
Physical Description: print
134 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-123) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Beginnings -- Governess -- Pierre -- Discovery -- Fame -- Trouble -- Scandal -- War -- Danger -- Endings -- Legacy -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Recommended web sites -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index.
Target Audience Note:	1050L Lexile
Awards Note:	A Junior Library Guild selection.