New elements : the story of Marie Curie
Title:
New elements : the story of Marie Curie
Author:
Yannuzzi, Della A.
ISBN:
9781599350233
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., c2006.
Physical Description:
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Series:
Profiles in science
Profiles in science (Morgan Reynolds Publishing)
Contents:
A girl called Manya -- Finding a way -- The heroic period -- Marie and Pierre -- Radiation -- The price of fame -- "I will try" -- Private life, public scandal -- America -- Radium Institute.
Abstract:
Details the life and accomplishments of the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.
