Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu, 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. 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.
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- Born in
- Taicang
- Educated at
- University of California, BerkeleyZhejiang UniversitySmith College
- Awards
- 🏆 National Medal of Science
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Ernest Lawrence
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1912
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Birth1997
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