{"product_id":"9780374371227","title":"Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarie Curie's story has fascinated and inspired young readers decades. The poor Polish girl who worked eight years to be able to afford to attend the Sorbonne in Paris became one of the most important scientists of her day, winning not one but two\u003cbr\u003eNobel Prizes. Her life is a fascinating one, filled with hard work,\u003cbr\u003ehumanitarianism, and tragedy. Her work with her husband,\u003cbr\u003ePierre – the study of radioactivity and the discovery of the elements radium and polonium – changed science forever. But she is less well known for her selfless efforts during World War to establish mobile X-ray units so that wounded French soldiers could get better care faster. When she stood to profit greatly from her scientific work, she chose not to, making her methods and findings known and available to all of science. As a result,\u003cbr\u003ethis famous woman spent most of her life in need of money,\u003cbr\u003eoften to buy the very elements she discovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie Curie's life and work are given a fresh telling, one that also explores the larger picture of the effects of radium in world culture, and its exploitation and sad misuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50108120334576,"sku":"9780374371227","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374371227","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}