num_pages: 136
description: Marie Curies exceptional life and groundbreaking research changed the world expanding scientific understanding and creating new opportunities for women as explored in this lavishly illustrated graphic biography endorsed by the Curie Estate.Curies unique driveagainst all oddsto understand Natures ways and laws led to ground-breaking discoveries which revolutionized medical theory and practice. She was the first female Nobel Prize winner and to date the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two categories; first physics and later in chemistry.Authorized by the Curie Estate Marie Curie: A Quest For Light presents a special collaboration between author Frances Andreasen sterfelt; the internationally acclaimed Danish astrophysicist Anja Cetti Andersen; and features delightful illustration by artist Anna Blasczcwyk. Together they have made Curies fascinating story accessible to young readers
language: English
title: Marie Curie: A Quest for Light
publisher: IDW Publishing