Who Was Marie Curie?
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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.
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Megan Stine has written several biographies for young readers, including “Who Is Michelle Obama?” and “Who Was Sally Ride? “She lives in Clinton, Connecticut.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780448478968
- Publication Date
- August 7, 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Workshop
- Page Count
- 112
- Words Per Page
- 70
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~800L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~S
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.1
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 1
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 168915
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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