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Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout
- Author
- Redniss, Lauren.
- Title
- Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout / by Lauren Redniss.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- New York : !t Books/Harper Collins, c2011.
- Description
- 205 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
- URL
- <Contributor biographical information> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1111/2011281920-b.html <Publisher description> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1111/2011281920-d.html
- Variant title
- Marie and Pierre Curie, a tale of love and fallout
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
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- Symmetry
- Magnetism
- Fusion
- White flash
- Instability of matter
- Half-life
- Isolation
- Exposure
- Daughter elements.
- Summary
- Presents the professional and private lives of Marie and Pierre Curie, examining their personal struggles, the advancements they made in the world of science, and the issue of radiation in the modern world.
- Subject headings
- Curie, Marie, 1867-1934. Curie, Pierre, 1859-1906. Women chemists--France--Biography. Chemists--France--Biography. Radioactivity.
- ISBN
- 9780061351327 0061351326