# Little Guides to Great Lives: Marie Curie

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- Book: [Little Guides to Great Lives: Marie Curie](https://www.bookquiver.com/isabel-thomas/little-guides-to-great-lives-marie-curie) ([Little Guides to Great Lives: Marie Curie.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/isabel-thomas/little-guides-to-great-lives-marie-curie.md))
- Authors: [Isabel Thomas](https://www.bookquiver.com/isabel-thomas), [Anke Weckmann](https://www.bookquiver.com/anke-weckmann)
- Publisher: lkp_children_s
- ISBN: 978-17-8627-152-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2018-06-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Marie Curie was a brilliant scientist who coined the term 'radioactivity', discovered polonium and radium, and helped develop treatments for cancer. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, but her dedication to physics ultimately caused her death from radiation. From artists to aviators and scientists to revolutionaries, Little Guides to Great Lives is a brand new series of small-