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Gr 7 Up—The contributions of two overlooked female scientists are made clear in this enlightening read. Marie Curie, the mother of modern physics who discovered natural radiation, had no way of knowing as she began her experiments in 1897 that her groundbreaking work would set off a chain reaction leading to the creation of the first atomic bomb. Though that sounds ominous, this book is anything but a dreary march from the Curie I...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

While there have been plenty of biographies of Marie Curie for teens, little has been published for this audience about her daughter, Irene. Conkling's biography takes an unusual approach, delving into the separate but ever-so-slightly-overlapping lives of Irene Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning French physicist who co-discovered artificial radioactivity, and Austrian physicist Lise Meitner, who co-discovered nuclear fission. Although the two women hardly came in contact with each other -- and when they did they frequently dis...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Conkling's biography delves into the separate but ever-so-slightly-overlapping lives of Irène Curie, daughter of Marie and Nobel Prize–winning French physicist who co-discovered...Log In or Sign Up to Read More