Genres
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2006), Edition: 1st, 144 pages
Description
Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world.
Subjects
Awards
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Orbis Pictus Award (Honor — 2007)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2007)
Great Reads from Great Places (Arkansas — 2006)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2007)
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–12 (Biography — 2007)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0374380368 / 9780374380366
DDC/MDS
| 540.92 |
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