Authors: Laura Hamilton Waxman
ISBN-13: 9780822503002, ISBN-10: 082250300X
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Most people know that Marie Curie was the first women to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person, male or female, to win a second Nobel Prize. But, did you know that she helped save the lives of many soldiers by making sure that X-ray machines were available during World War I? She put X-ray equipment on sturdy trucks and traveled from one army hospital to the next. From her youth in Poland through her groundbreaking scientific discoveries, discover how Curie helped change history.