Who Was Marie Curie?
Kids, Natural World, Chemistry, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Science and Technology
| Author: | Megan Stine, Who HQ | ISBN: | 9780698171848 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group | Publication: | August 7, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Workshop | Language: | English |
| Author: | Megan Stine, Who HQ |
| ISBN: | 9780698171848 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Publication: | August 7, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Workshop |
| Language: | English |
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.
