Krull presents another top-notch scientific biography in the outstanding Giants of Science series.
As in previous series entries, this offering manages to take a wildly complex subject-atomic physics-and render it comprehensible to the child listener, emphasizing the legacy Curie left behind. Curie's personal life-her unusual (for the times) partnership with her husband, her frustration with the limitations imposed on her because of her sex, her difficulty balancing work and family-receives admiring, but frank consideration.
Listeners will emerge from this account with a new appreciation for both the scientific and social advances made by Curie, whose towering achievements justly earn her a place among the "Giants."
