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Author:

Redniss, Lauren,.

Title:

Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout / by Lauren Redniss.

Edition:

First Dey Street books paperback edition published 2015.

Publisher:

Dey Street Booksan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

205 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Curie, Pierre,--1859-1906.
Curie, Marie--1867-1934.
Women chemists--Poland--Biography.
Radioactivity--History.
Physicists--France--Biography.
Chemists--France--Biography.
Comics (Graphic works.)
Biographical comics.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works.)
Graphic novels.
Biography.
History.
Biographical comics.

Notes:

A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2011 by It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Symmetry -- Magnetism -- Fusion -- White flash -- Instability of matter -- Half-life -- Isolation -- Exposure -- Daughter elements.

Summary:

Through words and her crafted illustrations, artist and journalist Lauren Redniss tells the story of Marie Curie, n©♭e Marya Sklodowska, and her working and romantic relationship with Pierre Curie, including their discovery of two new scientific elements with startling properties-as well as the tragic car accident that killed Pierre, Marie's two Nobel Prizes, and her scandalous affair with a married scientist. And Radioactive looks beyond the contours of Marie's life, surveying the changes wrought by the Curies' discoveries-nuclear weapons, radiation in medical treatment, and nuclear energy as a possible energy source.

ISBN:

0062416162
9780062416162

OCLC:

(OCoLC)927136454

Locations:

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)