The Resource Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling
Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling
Resource Information
The item Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 7 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 7 library branches.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 227 p.
- Contents
-
- "The most beautiful experiment in the world?"
- Little queen and the other baby
- On the battlefields
- Dr. and Mrs.
- Right on time
- Lost and found
- A lab of her own
- Radium: treatment or toxin?
- Heavy metals
- Fleeing Hitler's Germany
- Eureka! the discovery of fission
- Chain reaction: research on fission goes global
- War
- Overlooked
- Afterward: physicists, pacifists, realists
- Isbn
- 9781616204150
- Label
- Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world
- Title
- Radioactive!
- Title remainder
- how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world
- Statement of responsibility
- by Winifred Conkling
- Subject
-
- Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956 -- Juvenile literature
- Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968
- Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968 -- Juvenile literature
- Nuclear fission
- Nuclear fission -- Juvenile literature
- Radioactivity
- Joliot-Curie, Irene, d1897-1956
- Women scientists -- France -- Biography
- Women scientists -- France -- Juvenile literature
- Women scientists -- Germany -- Biography
- Women scientists -- Germany -- Juvenile literature
- Radioactivity -- Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Conkling, Winifred
- Dewey number
- 539.752
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
-
- 9YA
- 1160
- Intended audience source
-
- Childrens Plus, Inc
- Lexile
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Meitner, Lise
- Joliot-Curie, Irene
- Joliot-Curie, Irène
- Meitner, Lise
- Nuclear fission
- Women scientists
- Nuclear fission
- Women scientists
- Women scientists
- Radioactivity
- Women scientists
- Radioactivity
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling
- Bar code
-
- 31223117605841
- 31223116966715
- 31223117605874
- 31223116966681
- 31223118194530
- 31223117605882
- 31223117605858
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "The most beautiful experiment in the world?" -- Little queen and the other baby -- On the battlefields -- Dr. and Mrs. -- Right on time -- Lost and found -- A lab of her own -- Radium: treatment or toxin? -- Heavy metals -- Fleeing Hitler's Germany -- Eureka! the discovery of fission -- Chain reaction: research on fission goes global -- War -- Overlooked -- Afterward: physicists, pacifists, realists
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 227 p.
- Isbn
- 9781616204150
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- 910309971
- Label
- Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling
- Bar code
-
- 31223117605841
- 31223116966715
- 31223117605874
- 31223116966681
- 31223118194530
- 31223117605882
- 31223117605858
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "The most beautiful experiment in the world?" -- Little queen and the other baby -- On the battlefields -- Dr. and Mrs. -- Right on time -- Lost and found -- A lab of her own -- Radium: treatment or toxin? -- Heavy metals -- Fleeing Hitler's Germany -- Eureka! the discovery of fission -- Chain reaction: research on fission goes global -- War -- Overlooked -- Afterward: physicists, pacifists, realists
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 227 p.
- Isbn
- 9781616204150
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- 910309971
Subject
- Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956 -- Juvenile literature
- Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968
- Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968 -- Juvenile literature
- Nuclear fission
- Nuclear fission -- Juvenile literature
- Radioactivity
- Joliot-Curie, Irene, d1897-1956
- Women scientists -- France -- Biography
- Women scientists -- France -- Juvenile literature
- Women scientists -- Germany -- Biography
- Women scientists -- Germany -- Juvenile literature
- Radioactivity -- Juvenile literature
Genre
Library Locations
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.sfpl.org/portal/Radioactive--how-Irene-Curie-and-Lise-Meitner/Gr6IO9i10L8/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.sfpl.org/portal/Radioactive--how-Irene-Curie-and-Lise-Meitner/Gr6IO9i10L8/">Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.sfpl.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.sfpl.org/">San Francisco Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.sfpl.org/portal/Radioactive--how-Irene-Curie-and-Lise-Meitner/Gr6IO9i10L8/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.sfpl.org/portal/Radioactive--how-Irene-Curie-and-Lise-Meitner/Gr6IO9i10L8/">Radioactive! : how Irene Curie and Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world, by Winifred Conkling</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.sfpl.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.sfpl.org/">San Francisco Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
