The Resource Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout, by Lauren Redniss
Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout, by Lauren Redniss
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The item Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout, by Lauren Redniss represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- A visually stunning work of illustrative art, Radioactive walks the reader through the story of Curie's own life, which was marked by both extraordinary scientific discovery and dramatic personal trauma-from her romantic partnership with Pierre, through his tragic decline from radium poisoning and death in a traffic accident, to the scandalous affair with another fellow scientist that almost cost her her second Nobel Prize
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 205 pages
- Note
-
- "Many of the images in this book are made using a process known as cyanotype printing."--P. 199
- "This book is set in Eusapia LR, a typeface I created based on the title pages of manuscripts at the New York Public Library. It is named after Eusapia Palladino, the Italian spiritualist medium whose séances the Curies attended."--P. 201
- Contents
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- Symmetry
- Magnetism
- Fusion
- White flash
- Instability of matter
- Half-life
- Isolation
- Exposure
- Daughter elements
- Isbn
- 9780062416162
- Label
- Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout
- Title
- Radioactive
- Title remainder
- Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout
- Statement of responsibility
- by Lauren Redniss
- Title variation
- Marie and Pierre Curie, a tale of love and fallout
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A visually stunning work of illustrative art, Radioactive walks the reader through the story of Curie's own life, which was marked by both extraordinary scientific discovery and dramatic personal trauma-from her romantic partnership with Pierre, through his tragic decline from radium poisoning and death in a traffic accident, to the scandalous affair with another fellow scientist that almost cost her her second Nobel Prize
- Awards note
- National Book Award finalist 2011.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- NJB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Redniss, Lauren
- Dewey number
- 540.92
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Curie, Marie
- Curie family
- Curie, Marie
- Curie, Pierre
- Curie, Pierre
- Physicists
- Chemists
- Women chemists
- Radioactivity
- Radioactivity
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout, by Lauren Redniss
- Note
-
- "Many of the images in this book are made using a process known as cyanotype printing."--P. 199
- "This book is set in Eusapia LR, a typeface I created based on the title pages of manuscripts at the New York Public Library. It is named after Eusapia Palladino, the Italian spiritualist medium whose séances the Curies attended."--P. 201
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Symmetry -- Magnetism -- Fusion -- White flash -- Instability of matter -- Half-life -- Isolation -- Exposure -- Daughter elements
- Control code
- 000056401617
- Dimensions
- 28 cm.
- Extent
- 205 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062416162
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)927136454
- Label
- Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout, by Lauren Redniss
- Note
-
- "Many of the images in this book are made using a process known as cyanotype printing."--P. 199
- "This book is set in Eusapia LR, a typeface I created based on the title pages of manuscripts at the New York Public Library. It is named after Eusapia Palladino, the Italian spiritualist medium whose séances the Curies attended."--P. 201
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Symmetry -- Magnetism -- Fusion -- White flash -- Instability of matter -- Half-life -- Isolation -- Exposure -- Daughter elements
- Control code
- 000056401617
- Dimensions
- 28 cm.
- Extent
- 205 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062416162
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)927136454
Subject
- Curie, Marie, 1867-1934
- Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- Relations with men
- Curie, Pierre, 1859-1906
- Curie, Pierre, 1859-1906 -- Relations with women
- Chemists -- France -- Biography
- Radioactivity
- Radioactivity -- History
- Women chemists -- France -- Biography
- Physicists -- Biography
- Curie family
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