Perhaps the most illustrious women of her era, Marie Curie is wellknown for her Nobel Prizewinning research in physics and chemistry and for her discovery with husband Pierre of polonium and radium. Less familiar is the complex character of this renowned woman. While grounding her work in a historical context, the author provides a fresh human perspective on the life of this famous yet enigmatic precursor of todays atomic scientists.
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66,639 words291 pagesLexile 1130L
Published 19869780841909779
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