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    Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
    Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
    Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
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    Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World

    Written by Winifred Conkling

    Narrated by Andrea Gallo

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    The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb. In 1934, IrEne Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the world: artificial radioactivity. This breakthrough allowed scientists to modify elements and create new ones by altering the structure of atoms. Curie shared a Nobel Prize with her husband for their work. But when she was nominated to the French Academy of Sciences, the academy denied her admission and voted to disqualify all women from membership. Four years later, Curie's breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to a brilliant leap of understanding that unlocked the secret of nuclear fission. Meitner's unique insight was critical to the revolution in science that led to nuclear energy and the race to build the atom bomb, yet her achievement was left unrecognized by the Nobel committee in favor of that of her male colleague. Radioactive! presents the story of two women breaking ground in a male-dominated field, scientists still largely unknown despite their crucial contributions to cutting-edge research, in a nonfiction narrative that reads with the suspense of a thriller. Photographs and sidebars illuminate and clarify the science in the book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 5, 2016
    ISBN9781501904264
    Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
    Author

    Winifred Conkling

    Winifred Conkling has written many nonfiction books for adults and children. She earned an MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Winifred lives in Northern Virginia with her family. Visit her online at www.winifredconkling.com.

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      I really enjoyed this book, especially having explored the prejudice against women of the era. Considering the scientific Giants are both women were, the world has done the material disservice.