The series from which this book is taken looks at the development of scientific thought and discovery through the lives and achievements of some of the world's great scientists. The book examines the live and work of Marie Curie and shows the major contribution she made to the advancement of scientific knowledge. It tells in simple, dramatic terms the brilliant but tragic life story of Marie Curie, from her childhood in Poland, through the days of devoted study in Paris with husband Pierre, to her death from the effects of long exposure to the radioactive material which had been the subject of her triumphant research. It also explains, in terms appropriate to the age-range, about radioactivity and radiation in the world today.
- ISBN10 1852109556
- ISBN13 9781852109554
- Publish Date 30 September 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Wayland
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 48
- Language English