McClafferty, Carla Killough, 1958-
Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium / Carla Killough McClafferty. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006. - 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-123) and index.
Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007 School Library Journal starred, May 2006 Booklist, March 2006 Horn Book, October 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2006 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2006 Kirkus Review, March 2006 Library Media Connection, October 2006 Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), September 2006
Chronicles the life of Marie Curie, discussing her childhood in Poland, schooling in France, discovery of the element radium, efforts to create mobile X-ray units during World War I, and eventual death from radium poisoning.
7.8 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0374380368
2004056414
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Chemists--Biography.
Radium.
Women--Biography.
QD22.C8 / M25 2006
540/.92 B
Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium / Carla Killough McClafferty. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006. - 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-123) and index.
Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007 School Library Journal starred, May 2006 Booklist, March 2006 Horn Book, October 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2006 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2006 Kirkus Review, March 2006 Library Media Connection, October 2006 Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), September 2006
Chronicles the life of Marie Curie, discussing her childhood in Poland, schooling in France, discovery of the element radium, efforts to create mobile X-ray units during World War I, and eventual death from radium poisoning.
7.8 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0374380368
2004056414
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Chemists--Biography.
Radium.
Women--Biography.
QD22.C8 / M25 2006
540/.92 B