Talk about a glowing reputation! Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel prize but twoin physics and in chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences. As with her previous star-studded biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, and Sigmund Freudall three chosen as ALA Notable BooksKathleen Krull offers readers a fascinating portrait of this mythic giant of science who abhorred publicity. And she also places Curies ground-breaking discovery of two elements within the framework of science at that time.