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1) Marie Curie
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Giants of science (Viking) volume 4
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English
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Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered.
2) Chemist
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English
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the work chemists do and the preparation necessary for a chemistry career. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index."--
3) Marie Curie
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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At an early age, Marie Curie was taught the importance of education. As an adult, she became an amazing heroine of science. Her devotion to her work, despite poverty and sickness, gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. She went on to become the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.
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2011.
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English
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Presents an English translation of Jules Verne's manuscript, in which Wilhelm Storitz, a Prussian chemist whose father was rumored to have discovered the formula for invisibility, enacts his plot of revenge against the family that denied his love for Myra Roderich on the eve of her wedding.
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2006.
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English
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Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world.
11) Marie Curie
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Series
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish scientist whose work with radium helped to change the world.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Before a diamond is a gem, it's a common gray rock called graphite. Through an intense trial of heat and pressure, it changes into one of the most valuable stones in the world. Before Tracy Hall was an inventor, he was a boy--born into poverty, bullied by peers, forced to work at an early age. However, through education and experimentation, he became one of the brightest innovators of the twentieth century, eventually building a revolutionary machine...
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Pub. Date
©2007.
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Español
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A brief biography focusing on the youth of the scientist who twice received the Nobel Prize for her work with radium.
Una breve biografía que se centra en la juventud del científico que recibió dos veces el Premio Nobel por su trabajo con radio.
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2023.
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English
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When she was young, Katalin Karik d̤ecided she would study science--even though she had never even met a scientist! But she was determined to learn as much as she could about the human body, and once she made a decision, she stuck with it. Katalin had to learn English while attending university, but she worked hard until she became a doctor. After facing many challenges, including lack of research funding and harsh immigration policies, Kati and...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Through words and her crafted illustrations, artist and journalist Lauren Redniss tells the story of Marie Curie, née 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...
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[2019]
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English
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The true story of how Mexican-American scientist Mario Molina helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s and went on to become a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story gives hope in the fight against global warming. Full color.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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A geeky, brilliant, cosmetic chemist, Anna Ellis, to win over Craig Kimball, the man of her dreams--and her boss--starts fake dating Craig's half-brother Marco, with whom Craig is super competitive, as an experiment in attraction, until her feelings for Marco become all-too real.
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2008.
Language
English
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Recounts the story of Joseph Priestley--scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin--an 18th-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the U.S.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Marie and Pierre Curie were essential figures in furthering the study of radioactivity. The pair discovered two new elements, which they named polonium and radium, leading to huge breakthroughs in the process of using X-rays. This book provides biographical information about the Curies' life before and during their studies. Full-color and historical photographs help readers learn the STEM concepts associated with radioactivity, and the ways in which...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
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"Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente"--
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