Marie Curie
A Nonfiction, Childrens, Chemistry book. Marie had professors who said, dont trust what people teach you,...
Talk about a "glowing reputation!" Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel prize but two in physics and in chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences. As with her previous star-studded biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, and Sigmund Freud - all three chosen as ALA Notable Books - Kathleen Krull offers readers a fascinating portrait of this mythic "giant of science" who abhorred publicity. And she also places Curie's...
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- Pages: 144 pages
- ISBN: 9780670058945 / 670058947
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Marie had professors who said, dont trust what people teach you, and above all what I teach you. In other words, think independently and test supposed facts. She was in heaven. Kathleen Krull, Marie Curie // It is human nature to believe that the phenomena we know are the only ones that exist, Marie wrote, and whenever some chance discovery extends the limits of our knowledge we are filled with amazement. She was talking about radioactivity, but she could almost have been talking about the supernatural: We cannot become accustomed to the idea that we live in a world that is revealed to us only in a restricted portion of its manifestations. Kathleen Krull, Marie Curie //
Read this for homeschool, and we learned a lot about Marie Curie's contributions to different fields of science, medicine, her effort with WWI, and her celebrity in her day. We were super surprised how her husband died since it was not as we expected. This is a great biography for middle grade readers. It's inspirational, vivid, and full of excitement: both of the subject matter and of the backdrop to her work, science the world events. The "story" starts with stirring promises of a good yarn and Krull delivered every bit of what she promised in the introductory paragraphs. I really... Such an amazing, inspiring woman and such a compellingly written book.A fantastic series -- Giants of Science, by Kathleen Krull.
