Chien-Shiung Wu Summary

Chien-Shiung Wu 1912-1997 Chinese-American Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu verified a theory for which her colleagues received a Nobel Prize in physics. An experimental physicist, Wu proved that the physica... Read more

Among the team of experimental physicists who developed the first atomic bomb for the U.S. government during World War II, Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) spent 37 years as a leading researcher at Columbi... Read more

Chien-Shiung Wu is perhaps the most respected female physicist in America. She was instrumental in the research that earned two of her colleagues, Dr. Tsung Dao Lee and Dr. Ning Yang, the Nobel Prize ... Read more