Who Was Marie Curie? - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780448478968

About this item

by Megan Stine (Author), Who Hq (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.

Author Biography

Megan Stine has written several biographies for young readers, including Who Is Michelle Obama? and Who Was Sally Ride? She lives in Clinton, Connecticut.

Number of Pages: 112

Dimensions: 0.25 x 7.74 x 5.38 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: August 07, 2014

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Quiz Name: Who Was Marie Curie?

Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8

Reading Level: 5.1

Point Value: 1

$14.54

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