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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., 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.