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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marilyn OgilviePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Dimensions: Width: 17.70cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781538197660ISBN 10: 1538197669 Pages: 126 Publication Date: 16 April 2024 Recommended Age: From 13 to 22 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews"This volume in the publisher's ""Significant Figures in World History"" series feels like a throwback to an earlier era of reference and information seeking. Ogilvie offers a slim biographical monograph bringing together Marie Curie's personal life and the outlines of her career. The author provides a chronology, a pr�cis of Curie's biography, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The heart of the book consists of brief encyclopedia entries for various people, places, and scientific discoveries that figured in Curie's life and career... The most helpful feature for readers new to research will be the extensive, thorough, and well-organized bibliography... Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. General readers. -- ""Choice Reviews""" "This volume in the publisher's ""Significant Figures in World History"" series feels like a throwback to an earlier era of reference and information seeking. Ogilvie offers a slim biographical monograph bringing together Marie Curie's personal life and the outlines of her career. The author provides a chronology, a précis of Curie's biography, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The heart of the book consists of brief encyclopedia entries for various people, places, and scientific discoveries that figured in Curie’s life and career… The most helpful feature for readers new to research will be the extensive, thorough, and well-organized bibliography… Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. General readers. * Choice Reviews *" "This volume in the publisher's ""Significant Figures in World History"" series feels like a throwback to an earlier era of reference and information seeking. Ogilvie offers a slim biographical monograph bringing together Marie Curie's personal life and the outlines of her career. The author provides a chronology, a précis of Curie's biography, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The heart of the book consists of brief encyclopedia entries for various people, places, and scientific discoveries that figured in Curie's life and career... The most helpful feature for readers new to research will be the extensive, thorough, and well-organized bibliography... Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. General readers. -- ""Choice Reviews""" Author InformationMarilyn Bailey Ogilvie is professor emerita of the history of science and curator emerita of the History of Science Collections at the University of Oklahoma. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |