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01857aam a22002298i 4500 001 B823289C4F2311EB8AF6F65026ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210105010022 008 191203s2020 enkabc e 000 0beng d 020 $a 0233006176 020 $a 9780233006178 035 $a (OCoLC)1140149876 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d NZLEP $d HBP $d OCLCO $d SILO 100 1 $a Gunderman, Richard B., $e author. 245 10 $a Marie Curie : $b the pioneer, the Nobel Laureate, the discovery of radioactivity / $c Dr. Richard Gunderman. 264 1 $a London : $b Welbeck, $c 2020. 300 $a 159 pages : $b illustrations (some color), maps ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a This illustrated biography explores all of Marie Curie's accomplishments, from her discoveries of radioactivity, polonium, and radium to her Nobel Prize victory and her continuing influence today. Marie Curie coined the term radioactivity, and it is to her and her husband, Pierre Curie, that we owe much of our knowledge of the very fabric of reality. As well as discovering the atomic rather than chemical nature of radioactivity, the Curies isolated two new elements: polonium and radium. Her work not only contributed to our understanding of the structure of the atom, but also laid the foundation for modern medical innovations such as X-rays and radiotherapy. This biography does full justice to the scientific and human aspects of Marie, detailing her tumultuous personal life at a time of social upheaval, and her struggle to gain recognition in an era when women scientists were almost unknown. Marie Curie died in 1934, succumbing to aplastic anemia as a direct result of her pioneering experiments with radium. 941 $a 1 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210105011844.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B823289C4F2311EB8AF6F65026ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search