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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/660707284 Title: Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout Author: Lauren Redniss; Go Big Read (Program) Publisher: New York : !t Books, ©2011. ISBN/ISSN: 9780061351327 0061351326 OCLC:660707284

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Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout

Author:	Lauren Redniss; Go Big Read (Program)
Publisher:	New York : !t Books, ©2011.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Presents the professional and private lives of Marie and Pierre Curie, examining their personal struggles, the advancements they made in the world of science, and the issue of radiation in the modern world.
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Subjects	Curie, Marie, -- 1867-1934. Curie, Pierre, -- 1859-1906. Women chemists -- France -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Marie Curie; Pierre Curie; Marie Curie; Pierre Curie; Curie family.; Marie Curie; Pierre Curie; Marie Curie; Pierre Curie
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Lauren Redniss; Go Big Read (Program) Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780061351327 0061351326
OCLC Number:	660707284
Description:	205 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Contents:	Symmetry -- Magnetism -- Fusion -- White flash -- Instability of matter -- Half-life -- Isolation -- Exposure -- Daughter elements.
Other Titles:	Marie and Pierre Curie, a tale of love and fallout
Responsibility:	by Lauren Redniss.
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