In a field dominated by men, Chien-Shiung Wu became one of the most influential nuclear physicists of the 20th century.
Her research tested the fundamental laws of nuclear & quantum physics. She was the first Chinese-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences & the first female president of the American Physical Society.
Should have won the Nobel for the P-conservation experiment aka the Wu experiment! Also figured out uranium separation problems on the Manhattan project.
I thought it was neat that she had a dragon in her lab, and then went looking for what that artwork meant. Turns out her students at Columbia "called her the Dragon Lady, after the character of that name in the comic strip Terry and the Pirates due to Wu's strictness and high standards of excellence."
Meet Wu Chien Shiung, famous physicist who overcame prejudice to prove that she could be anything she wanted. "Wu Chien Shiung's story is remarkable--and so is the way this book does it justice.
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