Radioactive!: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World

The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists’ groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb.In 1934, Irène Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the world: artificial radioactivity. This breakthrough allowed scientists to modify elements and create new ones by altering the structure of atoms. Curie shared a Nobel Prize with her hu...

By Winifred Conkling
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Print Length: 239 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 161620415X
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers; Reprint edition (January 5, 2016)
Publication Date: January 5, 2016
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Language: English
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Marie and Pierre get all the credit, but Irene was a great scientist who spent a lot of her life either in the shadow of her parents or struggling against a system that refused to believe that a woman could be not only a good scientist but a great sc

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