Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium / Carla Killough McClafferty.
by McClafferty, Carla Killough.
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BookPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0374380368.Subject(s): Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 | Chemists -- Biography | Radium | Women -- BiographyDDC classification: 540/.92 | B Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-123) and index.
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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.
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