Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie:... by Lauren Redniss

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Marie Curie's struggles as a wife, mother, foreigner and teacher.

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The sensitive, plate, the gas which is ionized, the fluorescent screen, are in reality receivers, into another kind of energy, chemical energy, ionic energy ... luminous energy."

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Part I
1. Symmetry
2. Magnetism
3. Fusion

Part II
4. White Flash
5. Instability of Matter
6. Half -life
7. Isolation
8. Exposure
9. Daughter Elements

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Lauren Redniss (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: It Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780061351327
Page Count: 208

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National Book Award (Finalist, 2011: Non-fiction)

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Dewey: 509

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Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Scientists
Books › Arts & Photography

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Radioactive (2011) (edit title/settings)

Marie and Pierre Curie: Tale of Love and Fallout

by Lauren Redniss (Author) (edit contributors)