A National Book Award finalist, the mesmerizing, landmark illustrated biography Radioactive is finally available in a stunning paperback edition. Through words and her own gorgeously crafted illustrations, artist and journalist Lauren Redniss tells the story of Marie Curie, nee Marya Sklodowska, and her working and romantic relationship with Pierre Curie, including their discovery of two new scientific elements with startling properties--as well as the tragic car accident that killed Pierre, Marie's two Nobel Prizes, and her scandalous affair with a married scientist. And...
A National Book Award finalist, the mesmerizing, landmark illustrated biography Radioactive is finally available in a stunning paperback e...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, "AND "SHELF AWARENESS "From the National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss, author of "Radioactive, "comes a dazzling fusion of storytelling, visual art, and reportage that grapples with weather in all its dimensions: its danger and its beauty, why it happens and what it means. Weather is the very air we breathe it shapes our daily lives and alters the course of history. In "Thunder & Lightning, " Lauren Redniss tells the story of weather and humankind through the ages. This wide-ranging work roams...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, "AND "SHELF AWARENESS "From the National Book Award finalist Laur...
