Who Was Marie Curie? (Who Was?)
by Megan Stine (Author) Ted Hammond (Illustrator)
Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Later Marie won another Nobel award for chemistry in 1911.) She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934, a victim of many years of exposure to toxic radiation.
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Megan Stine
Megan Stine has written several books for young readers, including Where Is the White House?, Who Was Marie Curie?, Who Was Ulysses S. Grant?, Who Is Michelle Obama?, and Who Was Sally Ride? She lives in Clinton, Connecticut. With strong skills in art and years of experiences in many genres, Dede Putra has developed a career creating illustrations for books, video game development, filmmaking and fashion.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448478968
Lexile Measure
690L
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
August 20, 2014
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
Library of Congress categories
History
France
Poland
Curie, Marie
Women chemists
Radioactivity
France
Poland
Curie, Marie
Women chemists
Radioactivity
