Chien-Shiung Wu
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 27 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 31,1912 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Liuhe |
| Taicang | |
| Suzhou | |
| China | |
| Date of died | February 16,1997 |
| Died | New York |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Parents | Wu Zhong-Yi |
| Fan Fu-Hua | |
| Job | Physicist |
| Awards | National Medal of Science for Physical Science |
| Comstock Prize in Physics | |
| Ellis Island Medal of Honor | |
| Wolf Prize in Physics | |
| Spouse | Luke Chia-Liu Yuan |
| Education | Southeast University |
| University of California, Berkeley | |
| Known for | Manhattan Project |
| Siblings | Chien-Ying Wu |
| Chien-Hao Wu | |
| Children | Vincent Yuan |
| Books | An Experimental Test of Parity Conservation in Beta Decay |
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| ID | 1672528 |
Chien-Shiung Wu Life story
Chien-Shiung 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.
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