Physics: Chien-Shiung Wu

Physics: Chien-Shiung Wu
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Chien-Shiung Wu (1912) Chien-Shiung Wu (Chinese: 吳健雄; pinyin: Wú Jiànxióng; May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997), also known as Madame Wu, was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics.

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Chien-Shiung Wu (1912) Chien-Shiung Wu (Chinese: 吳健雄; p inyin: Wú Jiànxióng; May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997), also known as Madame Wu, was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics.

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Why is Chien-Shiung Wu remembered? Ev ery major advance in physics was made by a person working to understand something that didn't quite make sense yet. Chien-Shiung Wu was one of those people.

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About Chien-Shiung Wu Chien-Shiung Wu (Chinese: 吳健雄; pinyin: Wú Jiànxióng; May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997), also known as Madame Wu, was a Chinese-American particle and experimen tal physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion. She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved. This discovery resulted in her colleagues Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang winning the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, while Wu herself was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics in 1978. Her expertise in experimental physics evoked comparisons to Marie Curie. Her nicknames include the "First Lady of Physics", the "Chinese Marie Curie" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research".