Far more than an art book or a graphic novel, Radioactive is a stunning visual biography and a true work of art. A haunting and wondrous portrait of one of history's most intriguing figures, Radioactive combines archival photos, images, and clippings with dazzling line drawings and a compelling narrative to tell Curie’s story. Through brilliant visual storytelling, Redniss walks us through Curie’s life, which was marked by extraordinary scientific discovery and dramatic personal trauma- from her complex working and romantic relationship with Pierre Curie, to their discovery of two new scientific elements, to Pierre’s tragic death, to Marie’s two Nobel Prizes. C8 R395 2010 Find, read and cite all the. Radioactive is the mesmerizing, landmark illustrated biography of Marie Curie, by acclaimed author and artist Lauren Redniss. Download Citation Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout Call Number: REF QD22. Through words and her own gorgeously crafted illustrations, artist and journalist Lauren Redniss tells the story of Marie Curie, née Marya Sklodowska, and her. “Radioactive is quite unlike any book I have ever read-part history, part love story, part art work and all parts sheer imaginative genius.” A National Book Award finalist, the mesmerizing, landmark illustrated biography Radioactive is finally available in a stunning paperback edition.

She teaches at Parsons the New School for Design in New York City.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Marjane Sartrapi, starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley. Beginning in 2012, she will be artist-in-residence at the American Museum of Natural History. She was a fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars & Writers at the New York Public Library in 2008-2009 and became a New York Institute for the Humanities fellow in 2010. Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout Paperback by Marie & Pierre Curie(Author) 4.5 out of 5 stars306 ratings Editors' pickBest Biographies & Memoirs See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Her writing and drawing has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, which nominated her work for the Pulitzer Prize. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Marjane Sartrapi, starring Rosamund.

Biography: Lauren Redniss is the author of Century Girl: 100 years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies and Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, a finalist for the 2011 National Book Award for non fiction. Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss.

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