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.
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.
Who Was Marie Curie?
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Who Was Marie Curie?
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780448478968 |
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| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Publication date: | 08/07/2014 |
| Series: | Penguin Who Was...Series |
| Pages: | 112 |
| Sales rank: | 18,341 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.40(d) |
| Lexile: | 690L (what's this?) |
| Age Range: | 8 - 12 Years |
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