I thought this was excellent. The story of Marie Curie and her husband Pierre, interspersed with the consequences of their work (nuclear testing, fall out, application).

The illustrations are sufficiently weird and varied to capture interest, and I've classed this as "graphic novel" (even though it isn't novel) because of the huge influence that they have on the text. Honestly, I was more interested in the drawings than the text - although given that I'm quite familiar with the subject matter (science history is an interest of mine) that may not be the same for everyone. Still, well worth reading.