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100 1 a| McClafferty, Carla Killough,d| 1958-=| ^A710585;

245 10 a| Something out of nothing :b| Marie Curie and radium /c| Carla Killough McClafferty.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Farrar Straus Giroux,c| 2006.;

300 a| 134 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-123) and index.;

505 0 a| Beginnings -- Governess -- Pierre -- Discovery -- Fame -- Trouble -- Scandal -- War -- Danger -- Endings -- Legacy -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Recommended web sites -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index.;

520 a| Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world.;

586 8 a| A Junior Library Guild selection.;

600 10 a| Curie, Marie,d| 1867-1934.=| ^A42261;

650 0 a| Radium.=| ^A86850;

650 0 a| Chemistsz| Polandv| Biography.=| ^A990648;

650 0 a| Women chemistsz| Polandv| Biography.=| ^A850256;

650 0 a| Physicistsz| Polandv| Biography.=| ^A46483;

650 0 a| Women physicistsz| Polandv| Biography.=| ^A685035;

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Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium / Carla Killough McClafferty.

Author/creator	McClafferty, Carla Killough, 1958-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006.
Description	134 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Subjects	Curie, Marie, 1867-1934. Radium. Chemists--Poland. --Biography. Women chemists--Poland. --Biography. Physicists--Poland. --Biography. Women physicists--Poland. --Biography.

Contents	Beginnings -- Governess -- Pierre -- Discovery -- Fame -- Trouble -- Scandal -- War -- Danger -- Endings -- Legacy -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Recommended web sites -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index.
Abstract	Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world.
Local note	Little-351376--305131037606Z
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-123) and index.
Awards note	A Junior Library Guild selection.
LCCN	2004056414
ISBN	0374380368 (hardcover)
ISBN	9780374380366 (hardcover)
Stock number	Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

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