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    		• Steele, Philip, 1948-
     
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    		• Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
     
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    		• Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
     
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    		• Chemists -- Poland -- Biography.
     
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    		• Discoveries in science.
     
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    		• Scientists -- Biography.
     
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    		• Chemists.
     
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    		• Women -- Biography.
     
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    Marie Curie : the woman who changed the course of science / Philip Steele.
    by Steele, Philip, 1948-
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  • Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
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  • Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
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  • Chemists -- Poland -- Biography.
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  • Discoveries in science.
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  • Scientists -- Biography.
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  • Chemists.
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  • Women -- Biography.
    • Publisher Info: 
    Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2008.
    Edition: 
    First paperback printing.
    Description: 
    64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
    ISBN: 
    9781426302497
    1426302495
    Contents: 
    A Warsaw childhood -- Little Maria -- Trouble times -- Maria's Poland -- Top of the class -- The Young woman -- Sweet sixteen -- A Governess -- Student days -- Science for the future -- Hard work -- Partnership of genius -- Marie and Pierre -- In the laboratory -- Radioactivity and atoms -- Triumph and tragedy -- The Final struggle -- Desperation -- Kill or cure? -- War and peace -- Marie's dream -- Glossary -- Bibliography and index.
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    Summary: 
    Describes the life of the first woman to study physics at the University College of Paris, who went on to receive two Nobel Prizes for her work in radioactivity.
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