Provides a biography of Michael Faraday, a British chemist and physicist who contributed significantly to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
A biography of chemist Antoine Lavoisier who identified oxygen and hydrogen, studied the conservation of mass, wrote the first major list of elements, and helped develop the metric system. Describes how old rivals raised suspicion about him during the French Revolution that led to his beheading.
A biography of a scientists who has received two Nobel prizes: one for his work on the nature of the chemical bond that holds atoms together, the other for helping to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. His most recent work is concerned with vitamin C.
The Nobel Prize committee decides to give an award retroactively to the scientist who discoverd Oxygen and began the chemical revolution but has trouble determining who deserves the award.
Presents the life and achievements of the Polish-born scientist, discussing her childhood, her marriage and collaboration with Pierre Curie, and her discovery of polonium and radium, for which she was awarded two Noble Prizes.
Presents the life and accomplishments of the Polish-born chemist, discussing her discovery of radium and the development of the use of X-rays in medicine.
Examines the life of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, discussing her childhood in Poland, her studies in France, and her scientific theories and discoveries.
pioneer in the study of radioactivity = Marie Curie : pionera en el estudio de la radioactividad
Birch, Beverley
2005
Presents a short biography of Marie Curie written in both English and Spanish, and chronicles her life and work in the field of radioactivity and X-ray technology and her distinction of being the first person to isolate both polonium and radium.
