Author: Connie Colwell Miller

Published: 2007

Publisher: Capstone

Format: Paperback (Graphic)

Pages: 32

Suitable: Primary / Junior Secondary

In graphic novel format, tells the story of Marie Curie's discovery of radium and radioactivity. "Marie Curie And Radioactivity" tells the story of the only scientist ever to win Nobel Science Prizes in two different subjects. Working both alone and with her husband, Pierre, Marie Curie made historic discoveries about radiation. In dramatic, graphic novel format, this book follows the trail of discovery that led to important advances in medicine, but also the creation of the atomic bomb. Readers will also learn how the Curies' work led to their deaths through exposure to radiation.