''Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout'' is a 2010 graphic novel, with text and illustrations by

Lauren Redniss Lauren Redniss (b. 1974) is an American artist and writer. She was awarded a "Genius Grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 2016. Education Redniss graduated from Brown University. She earned an MFA in Illustration ...

. It is about

Marie Curie Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (; ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie ( ; ), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was List of female ...

and

Pierre Curie Pierre Curie ( ; ; 15 May 1859 – 19 April 1906) was a French physicist, Radiochemistry, radiochemist, and a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity. He shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, ...

. Redniss spent three years doing research for the book and going to different locations, including the Institut Curie and the

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. In addition to the narrative, the book has multiple drawings and assemblies of photographs. The book cover is glow in the dark, and John McMurtrie of the ''

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'' described some of the imagery as "seemingly glowing". Cyanotope printing was used to generate these images. The typeface used, Eusapia, was made by Redniss, who used pages of books located in the

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as a basis. Redniss stated that she developed the font to show "certain imperfection and tenderness of a handmade object" while still showing "the tone of a certain seriousness and stateliness". Dwight Garner, in ''

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'', described the book as "a keeper", describing it as "serious science and brisk storytelling." McMurtrie stated that the imagery with "glowing" elements are the "most powerful" element. It was a finalist for the nonfiction category for the

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in 2011. It is the basis of the film ''

Radioactive Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is conside ...

'', directed by

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis (comics), Persepolis'' and Persepo ...

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