The Science and Technology of Marie Curie
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Finalist for the 2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Hands-on Science Book category!
Science
"Knutson’s book brims with sidebars on topics ranging from the structure of the atom to the bicycling craze of the 1890s."
School Library Connection
“This splendid title not only highlights important moments in Marie Curie's life but also provides a compendium covering the history, scientific advancements, and the changemakers of her time. Every STEM teacher and school librarian should absolutely add this title to their collections.”
A Mighty Girl
"With this book from the Build It Yourself series, kids will use materials they can easily find at home to do everything from building a 3D model of the periodic table to calculating the half life of candies. It's an enthralling way to learn more about Curie — and to spark an interest in chemistry and physics."
PSLA Literature Review
“Knutson’s book on Marie Curie showcases Curie’s intelligence and scientific contributions, while encouraging readers to try their own scientific experiments. . . . an engaging look at Marie Curie’s life and scientific work.”
Julie Des Jardins, historian of American women and gender
“The Science and Technology of Marie Curie provides young readers with far more than the standard details of a scientist’s discoveries. Readers will come to understand the scientific, social, political, and cultural context in which Marie Curie became a scientific thinker, a reluctant celebrity, and a woman devoted to humanity, motherhood, and ‘science for science’s sake.’”
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Finalist for the 2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Hands-on Science Book category!
Who gets to do science? During a time when most people would answer, “Men,” Marie Curie followed her passion for science and earned two Nobel Prizes!
In The Science and Technology of Marie Curie, readers ages 9 through 12 explore Curie’s groundbreaking scientific research in physics and chemistry and discover how this research forced people to rethink the very structure of their surrounding world . . . and the role of women within it. Her commitment to understanding that which the human eye could not see led to the discovery of two new elements—polonium and radium—and to the birth of a new field of research in radioactivity. In the process, she became the first woman to earn a Nobel Prize and the only person ever to win two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields, all as she reset ideas around women’s roles in society.
Through hands-on STEM activities, essential questions, text-to-world connections, and links to online resources, kids zoom in for a closer look into Curie’s world.
Try these hands-on chemistry projects!
- Design a 3-D model of the periodic table
- Model the structure of an atom
- Extract minerals from breakfast cereal
- Build a spectroscope to observe the spectrum of light
| Hardcover, $22.95 9781647410193 |
Paperback, $17.95 9781647410223 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Timeline
Introduction
Meet Marie Curie
Chapter 1
The Making of a Mind
Chapter 2
Discovering Radioactivity
Chapter 3
No Small Task
Chapter 4
Radium Craze!
Chapter 5
Helping and Healing
Chapter 6
Global Celebrity
Chapter 7
After Life
Glossary • Metric Conversions
Resources • Selected Bibliography
Essential Questions • Index