Marie Curie: A Life of Discovery

by Alice Milani, Alice Milani (Illustrator)

Overview

In her intensely researched, inventively drawn exploration of Marie Curie's life, artist Alice Milani follows the celebrated Polish scientist from Curie's time as a struggling governess to her years in France making breakthrough discoveries. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences. With skill and care, Milani traces Curie's flight from Russia-controlled Poland, her romance with fellow scientist Pierre Curie, and Marie and Pierre's stunning discoveries of the elements radium and polonium. Throughout this distinctive graphic work, Curie defies doubt and double standards to make an enduring impact on the scientific world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541565067
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/06/2019
Series:	Fiction - Young Adult
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	58 MB
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Age Range:	12 - 13 Years

About the Author

Alice Milani is a cartoonist and an illustrator based in Bologna, Italy.

Editorial Reviews

"With a complex story structure and sophisticated science content, this addition to the canon about Curie is ideal for upper middle and high schoolers."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2019-05-08
The life of the first female Nobel Prize winner is told in flashback by her daughter Irène.

Marie's story picks up in 1889 when she worked as a governess for a Polish family. In the wake of a failed courtship, Marie moved to Paris, near her sister and her husband, to pursue a second degree, this time in mathematics. It was through her brother-in-law that she met Pierre Curie, who became a supportive friend, mentor, colleague, and, ultimately, a beloved spouse. Together they researched the nascent field of radioactivity, earning a Nobel Prize in physics in 1903. Along with her career ambitions and success, the book addresses struggles from the Russian occupation of her native Poland and Pierre's tragic death in a carriage accident to the scandal of her close relationship with fellow scientist Paul Langevin. Though largely a straightforward biography, Italian author and illustrator Milani (co-contributor: Post Pink, 2019, etc.) does take some poetic license in the dialogue, including a dream sequence in which Marie converses with Pierre after his death. The tender, loosely impressionistic colored pencil and watercolor illustrations add liveliness and warmth to this recounting of a remarkable life. Though Curie is one of the rare women in science to be a frequent biographical subject, this graphic novelization of her life is nevertheless a worthy addition to the canon.

An appealing volume for graphic novel and science enthusiasts. (biographical information, timeline, bibliography, source notes) (Graphic biography. 12-adult)

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