Marie Curie : Birch, Beverley

Includes bibliographical references and index

A radiant glow — The new radioactivity — Childhood in Poland — Tragedy in the family — School days — A year in the country — “The floating university” — A school on the beet farm — Bronya goes to Paris — The Sorbonne — Life in a garret — Marie’s degrees — Meeting Pierre Curie — The first years of marriage — Doctor of science — Work on radioactivity begins — Investigating radioactivity — Radioactivity in pitchblende — On the track of radium — Extracting radium from pitchblende — Victory! — The structure of matter — Work on the atom — Radium as a miracle cure — The Nobel Prize — Radiation sickness — The price of fame — A cure for cancer — The dreadful year — The Ra[d]ium Institute — Marie’s war effort — The institute finally begins — Another Curie triumph — Exposure takes its toll — Science loses a pioneer — Afterward: Marie Curie’s legacy — Important dates

Spanish and English text tells about the life of Marie Curie