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Who Was Marie Curie? - (Who Was?) by Megan Stine & Who Hq (Paperback)

Who Was Marie Curie? - (Who Was?) by  Megan Stine & Who Hq (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Born in Poland in 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie. They married and together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. Illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Later Marie won another Nobel award for chemistry in 1911.) She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934, a victim of many years of exposure to toxic radiation.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Megan Stine has written several biographies for young readers, including <i>Who Is Michelle Obama?</i> and <i>Who Was Sally Ride? </i>She lives in Clinton, Connecticut.

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