|a Symmetry - Magnetism - Fusion - White flash - Instability of matter - Half-life - Isolation - Exposure - Daughter elements. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193). |a 205 pages : |b chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |c 29 cm

|a Marie and Pierre Curie, a tale of love and fallout |a Radioactive : |b Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout / |c by Lauren Redniss. |a TOH |b eng |c TOH |d JRS |d UPZ |d OIP |d YDXCP |d OBE |d CGU |d BKX |d BWX |d BTCTA |d DLC |d SINLB |d GZM |d STF |d RA8 |d IBI |d SNM |d CUI |d XII |d MLN |d BDX |d ZWZ |d LMR |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCF |d GZM |d OCLCQ |d CCP |d OCLCO |d OCL |d COM My thoughts: I’ve read a few biographies of Marie Curie, but none so delightful as Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Cure, a Tale of Love and Fallout. Redniss combines meticulous research, gorgeous illustrations, original source documents, and hand-lettered text to create an engaging and intimate portrait of the first woman to earn two Nobel Prizes.|a (OCoLC)660707284 |z (OCoLC)526084263 |z (OCoLC)702485609 Whether young or old, scientific novice or expert, no one will fail to be moved by Lauren Redniss’s eerie and wondrous evocation of one of history’s most intriguing figures. Radioactive draws on Redniss’s original reporting in Asia, Europe and the United States, her interviews with scientists, engineers, weapons specialists, atomic bomb survivors, and Marie and Pierre Curie’s own granddaughter. In Radioactive, Lauren Redniss links these contentious questions to a love story in 19th Century Paris. In the century since the Curies began their work, we’ve struggled with nuclear weapons proliferation, debated the role of radiation in medical treatment, and pondered nuclear energy as a solution to climate change. She won a second Nobel Prize in 1911, and fell in love again, this time with the married physicist Paul Langevin. ” Then, in 1906, Pierre was killed in a freak accident. Newspapers mythologized the couple’s romance, beginning articles on the Curies with “Once upon a time. They recognized radioactivity as an atomic property, heralding the dawn of a new scientific era. They expanded the periodic table, discovering two new elements with startling properties, radium and polonium. Synopsis (Goodreads): In 1891, 24-year-old Marie, née Marya Sklodowska, moved from Warsaw to Paris, where she found work in the laboratory of Pierre Curie, a scientist engaged in research on heat and magnetism. Published: December 21st 2010 by It Books Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Cure, a Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss Not only is this a fascinating glimpse at Marie and Pierre Curie’s life, the juxtaposition of text and illustration make this book a truly unique reading experience. Art and science have never blended together so well.

Radioactive a tale of love and fallout