celebratingamazingwomen:Chien-ShiungWu (1912-1997) was a Chinese-American scientist who made importa
celebratingamazingwomen:Chien-ShiungWu (1912-1997) was a Chinese-American scientist who made importantcontributions to the field of nuclear physics. She is best known for conductingthe Wu experiment, and for separating uranium metal into isotopes. Theseachievements led to her two male colleagues winning the Nobel Prize in Physicsin 1957.After finishing her initial studies in China, she moved to the US andstudied at Berkeley, where she completed her PhD. She was then a research professorat Columbia University. She was the first woman to receive an honorarydoctorate from Princeton, and the first female president of the AmericanPhysical Society. -- source link
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