Chien-Shiung Wu

​Chien-Shiung Wu

1912 - 1997​

Chien-Shiung 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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​About

• 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.

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• She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved.

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• ​Her nicknames include the "First Lady of Physics", the "Chinese Madame Curie" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research"

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Multiple Choice

What program did Chien Shiung pick at the girls' school in Suzhou?

• natural sciences

• teacher training

• mathematics

• engineering and design

Multiple Choice

In Berkeley, California, Chien Shiung focused her studies on...

• binding energy

• stable atoms

• elasticity

• beta decay

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Chien Shiung did not win a Nobel Prize after helping two physicists to...

• discover the presence of neutrinos

• record the first image of a positron

• investigate a concept called parity

• found a new area of study called particle physics