Marie Curie - Tapa dura

The series from which this book is taken looks at the development of scientific thought and discovery through the lives and achievements of some of the world's great scientists. The book examines the live and work of Marie Curie and shows the major contribution she made to the advancement of scientific knowledge. It tells in simple, dramatic terms the brilliant but tragic life story of Marie Curie, from her childhood in Poland, through the days of devoted study in Paris with husband Pierre, to her death from the effects of long exposure to the radioactive material which had been the subject of her triumphant research. It also explains, in terms appropriate to the age-range, about radioactivity and radiation in the world today.