Pierre and Marie Curie

by Robyn Hardyman

Two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie did more to promote women in science than perhaps any other person. Her story is one of determination. Curie studied illegally at Warsaw University before attending the Sorbonne in France, graduating at the top of her class. She met Pierre, a brilliant scientist, by chance. After they were married, they worked side by side, leading to the discoveries of polonium and radium as well as many other crucial scientific...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1482414740
• ISBN13: 9781482414745
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8