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Something Out of Nothing
Marie Curie and Radium
By McClafferty, Carla Killough
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37438-036-6
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2006
Gr 5-7 The author of "The Head Bone -s Connected to the Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky and Wonderful X-Ray" (Farrar, 2001) takes on a related topic with equal success in this profile of the driven scientist most closely associated with the discovery of radium. Born Manya Sklodowska and educated in her native Poland at a -Floating University - that operated in defiance of harsh Russian policies, Curie moved to Paris to continue her studies. There, both before and after the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
