Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radiation |
Publication Information
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Author: McClafferty, Carla |
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Title: Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radiation |
Date: 2006 |
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-374-38036-8 |
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Young Adult:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
science
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Summary: |
This is a very readable biography of Marie Curie and her discovery of radiation. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Readers may want to explore the interesting safety issues, both in terms of harm to Marie and Pierre and in terms of widespread use of radiation and its by-products. Students could create a bio poem for Marie. Class discussion might address the book from the perspective of women at the time, perhaps comparing Marie, as a woman scientist, to today's women scientists. |
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