Who Was Marie Curie?
Author(s): Megan Stine
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.
General Information
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : 0.122
- : 05 October 2014
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Megan Stine
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 540.92
- : 112
- : illustrated
More About The Product
Megan Stine has written several biographies for young readers, including"Who Is Michelle Obama?" and "Who Was Sally Ride? "She lives in Clinton, Connecticut."