Marie Curie (Life Times)

by RichardTames (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $6.25

  Part of a biographical series which looks at the lives and work of notable men and women and their effect on the world today, this book describes Marie Curie's background and how she pioneered new methods of teaching, the discovery of polonium and radium, and her influence in the world of science. The text includes extracts from diaries, letters and quotations from contemporaries, sections on world events of the time, fact finder pages, and significant dates.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.25

  Lifetimes uses authentic photographs and lively narrative to describe the life and work of notable men and women. Each book also includes a factfinder section which helps to place the subject in historical context, as well as a glossary and index. Ages 9+.