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1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
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"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. |
| Summary |
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 husband for their work. But when she was nominated to the French Academy of Sciences, the academy denied her admission and voted to disqualify all women from membership. Four years later, Curie's breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to a brilliant leap of understanding that unlocked the secret of nuclear fission. Meitner's unique insight was critical to the revolution in science that led to nuclear energy and the race to build the atom bomb, yet her achievement was left unrecognized by the Nobel committee in favor of that of her male colleague. Radioactive! presents the story of two women breaking ground in a male-dominated field, scientists still largely unknown despite their crucial contributions to cutting-edge research, in a nonfiction narrative that reads with the suspense of a thriller. Photographs and sidebars illuminate and clarify the science in the book. |
| Audience |
1160L Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 9.2 9 178913 |
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Accelerated Reader MG+ 9.2 9 178913 |
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12 and up. |
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7-8. |
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Shares the story of how the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie discovered artificial radioactivity and won a Nobel Prize in spite of being denied an advanced education, inspiring physicist Lise Meitner to make a vital discovery about nuclear fission. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
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Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956 -- Juvenile literature.
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Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968 -- Juvenile literature.
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Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956. |
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Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968. |
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Women scientists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women scientists -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Radioactivity -- Juvenile literature.
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Nuclear fission -- Juvenile literature.
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Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956.
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Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968.
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Women scientists.
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Radioactivity.
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Nuclear fission.
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Women -- Biography.
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Nuclear fission. |
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Radioactivity. |
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Women scientists. |
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France. |
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Germany. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Conkling, Winifred. Radioactive! Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2016 9781616204150 (DLC) 2015017256 (OCoLC)910309971 |
| ISBN |
9781616205553 : $17.95 |
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1616205555 : $17.95 |
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