Displaying 1 of 1 2006 Format: Book Author: McClafferty, Carla Killough, 1958- Title: Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium / Carla Killough McClafferty. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006. Description: 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Summary: Explores Marie Curie's life and work and examines the larger picture of the effects of radium in world culture and its applications, exploitation, and misuse. Subjects: Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- Juvenile literature. Radium -- Juvenile literature. Chemists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women chemists -- Juvenile literature. Physicists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Scientists -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Other Title: Marie Curie and radium Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-123) and index. LCCN: 2004056414 ISBN: 9780374371227 (pbk.) 0374371229 (pbk.) 9780374380366 (hbk.) 0374380368 (hbk.) Other Number: 854997947 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 967600 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j BIO Curie Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1