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Marie Curie : a biography / Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.Description: 189 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781616142162 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 540.92 22
LOC classification:
  • QD22.C8 O35 2011
Contents:
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.
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 921/CUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500023177

Reprint. First published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) 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.

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