Marie Curie

by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie

Book Overview

There is probably no woman scientist more famous than Marie Curie (1867-1934). She made one of the most important theoretical breakthroughs of the twentieth century when she postulated that radiation was an atomic rather than a chemical property, an important milestone in understanding the structure of matter. Not only did she coin the term radioactivity, but her painstaking research culminated in the isolation of two new elements, polonium and radium...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616142162
• ISBN13: 9781616142162
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"