Bibliograph

Radioactive!, how Irène Curie & Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, Winifred Conkling

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Radioactive!, how Irène Curie & Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, Winifred Conkling

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-213) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

12 and up

resource.interestGradeLevel

7-8

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Radioactive!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

910309971

Responsibility statement

Winifred Conkling

resource.studyProgramName

A/R 9.2 middle grades+ 9.0 points.

Sub title

how Irène Curie & Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world

Summary

"The ... little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

"The most beautiful experiment in the world" -- Little queen and the other baby -- On the battlefields -- Dr. and Mrs. -- Right on time -- Lost and found -- A lab of her own -- Radium: treatment or toxin? -- Heavy metals -- Fleeing Hitler's Germany -- Eureka! the discovery of fission -- Chain reaction: research on fission goes global -- War -- Overlooked -- Afterward: physicists, pacifists, realists

resource.variantTitle

How Irene Curie & Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world

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