Marie Curie:a biography
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Greenwood Press,
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Publisher Address: | Westport, Conn. |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Greenwood biographies |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 155 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: | 0313325294 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K835 |
CLC: | K835.136.13 |
Call Number: | K835.136.13/C975O |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-146) and index. Early life and education -- Preparing for the future -- Paris and the Sorbonne -- Pierre and Marie -- The discovery of radium : a scientific breakthrough -- A year of contrasts : good news, bad news -- "Pierre is dead? dead? absolutely dead?" -- Scandal! -- The second Nobel Prize, its aftermath, and war -- Marie and the United States of America -- Last years. |