Stine, Megan
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET CURIEGribbin, John R.
Summary: This is a multi-title review. Titles include Curie in 90 Minutes, Darwin in 90 Minutes, Einstein in 90 Minutes, and Faraday in 90 Minutes - Emulating Paul Strathern's series about philosophers that began with Aristotle in 90 Minutes , the Gribbins here sprint through the life and work of four famous scientists. They're pushing simplification to the limit, trying to reach those whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Constable 1997