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01693aam a2200289 i 4500 001 FCCAA3186D2B11ECA6DC3EBB4FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220104010016 008 211001r20222018nyua d 001 0beng 020 $a 1499471130 020 $a 9781499471137 035 $a (OCoLC)1272853419 040 $a SINLB $b eng $e rda $c SINLB $d OCLCO $d SINLB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d LE# $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- $a e-fr--- 100 1 $a Gunderman, Richard B., $e author. 245 10 $a Marie Curie : $b the pioneer, the Nobel Laureate, the discoverer of radioactivity / $c Richard Gunderman. 264 1 $a New York : $b Rosen Publishing, $c 2022. 300 $a 159 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Pioneers of science 500 $a Originally published: 2018. 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a Marie Curie is the only woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in two fields--physics and chemistry. Her amazing story and groundbreaking work are the subjects of this essential volume, notable for incorporating personal documents, photographs, and other primary sources to support the details of Curie's life. Readers will recognize the heroism of Curie in the face of great challenges. For example, women in Poland during Curie's school years could not obtain a university degree--she had to travel to France to study. They will also appreciate how Curie's work in X-ray technology was applied to medicine, saving the lives of millions. 830 0 $a Pioneers of science (Rosen Publishing Group) 941 $a 2 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20220406013110.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220104010658.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FCCAA3186D2B11ECA6DC3EBB4FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search