Includes bibliographical references (page 106).

Who was Marie Curie? -- Eager to learn -- The secret school -- Hungry but happy -- Two loves -- Marie's discovery -- It glows! -- Fame and fortune -- Misery -- A family of scientists.

"Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Marie later won another Nobel for chemistry in 1911.) She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934, a victim of many years of exposure to toxic radiation."--

Ages 8-12.