About the book
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.
Editions of Who Was Marie Curie?
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780448478968
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780448478975
- EBook
- ISBN 9780698171848
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780451484451
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780451484468
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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.
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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.
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Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage: General interest > Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
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Is Who Was Marie Curie? part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Who Was?
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Who Was Marie Curie??
Megan Stine
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Who Was Marie Curie? is available as paperback(ISBN 9780448478968) and altformat(ISBN 9780448478975) and ebook(ISBN 9780698171848) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780451484451) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780451484468)
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