Marie Curie
By: by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
Contributors: Kulikov, Boris, 1966- ill.
Series: Giants of science
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780142412657
Subjects: Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.; Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women chemists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women chemists -- Poland -- Biography.; Women chemists -- France -- Biography.
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature.; Biography.
Description: Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered. Readers will learn about the dark side of a woman and her devotion to science--the politics of science, her depression, and the drive to succeed.  It is a brutally honest portrayal of a woman in a field dominated by men.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- -- ch. 1. The; title: gold-medal girl -- -- ch. 2. The; title: pact -- -- ch. 3.; title: Magnetic attraction -- -- ch. 4.; title: Mr. and Mrs. Radioactive -- -- ch. 5. The; title: legend begins -- -- ch. 6.; title: Suddenly famous -- -- ch. 7.; title: Shock -- -- ch. 8.; title: Embarrassment-on a national scale -- -- ch. 9.; title: War heroine -- -- ch. 10.; title: Madame Curie -- -- ch. 11.; title: Genius genes -- -- ch. 12.; title: How she changed the world --; title: Bibliography --; title: Index.