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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
"Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Marie later won another Nobel for chemistry in 1911.)...
3) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and work of the Polish-born scientist whose study of radioactivity lead to her receiving two Nobel Prizes.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the first woman to study physics at the University College of Paris, who went on to receive two Nobel Prizes for her work in radioactivity.
10) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Publisher
Peterson's Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie pioneered research in radioactivity and made invaluable contributions to the scientific community. Masterminds readers will learn how influential figures in S.T.E.A.M., like Marie Curie, made massive contributions to their fields and how their stories and discoveries remain relevant today."--Provided by publisher
13) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the childhood of Marie Curie, who overcame adversity to become one of the most respected scientists in the world.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world.
16) Chemist
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers to the work chemists do and the preparation necessary for a chemistry career. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index."--
19) Marie Curie
Author
Publisher
Troll Associates
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Polish-born scientist who, with her husband, was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for discovering radium.