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2000., Juvenile, Morgan Reynolds Call No: 921 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great scientistsSummary Note: A biography of the Austrian scientist whose discoveries in nuclear physics played a major part in developing atomic energy.
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-- How Irène Curie & Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world.2018., Adolescent, Algonquin Young Readers Call No: 539.7 CON Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the story of two female physicists whose discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
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2016., Adolescent, Algonquin Young Readers Call No: HI-INT 920 CON Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1934, Irene Curie, working with her husband and fellow physicist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that forever altered the world: artificial radioactivity. Four years later, Curie's breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to the scientific epiphany 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 atomic bomb.
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2016., Adolescent, Algonquin Young Readers Call No: 539.7 52 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1934, Irene Curie, working with her husband and fellow physicist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that forever altered the world: artificial radioactivity. Four years later, Curie's breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to the scientific epiphany 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 atomic bomb.
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2016., Algonquin Call No: 920 CONKLING Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2022., Pre-adolescent, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: BIOGRAPHY NF MOSS Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "As a female Jewish physicist in Berlin during the early 20th century, Lise Meitner had to fight for an education, a job, and equal treatment in her field, like having her name listed on her own research papers. Meitner made . . . strides in the study of radiation, but when Hitler came to power in Germany, she suddenly had to face not only sexism, but also life-threatening anti-Semitism as well. Nevertheless, she persevered and one day made a discovery that rocked the world: the splitting of the atom. While her male lab partner was awarded a Nobel Prize for the achievement, the committee refused to give her any credit. Suddenly, the race to build the atomic bomb was on--although Meitner was horrified to be associated with such a weapon. 'A physicist who never lost her humanity,' Meitner wanted only to figure out how the world works, and advocated for pacifism while others called for war"--Provided by publisher.