Who Was Marie Curie?

by Megan Stine and Who H.Q.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044847896X
• ISBN13: 9780448478968
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Workshop
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6