Chien-Shiung Wu
Subtitle: nuclear physicist
By: by Nel Yomtov ; content consultant, Suzanne Keilson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Loyola University, Maryland
Contributors: Essential Library (Firm)
Series: Women in science; Women in science
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781532110467
Subjects: Physicists; Chinese Americans; Chinese American women; Manhattan Project (U.S.); Physics; Women physicists; Biography; History
Description: Women scientists have made key contributions to the pursuit of science and some of the most important discoveries of all time. In Chien-Shiung Wu, learn how the Chinese nuclear physicist chose to pursue a career in science and made breakthrough discoveries in nuclear fission and the scientific understanding of atoms. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Madame physicist; title: A star is born; title: Coming to the United States; title: Going east; title: Beta decay; title: Parity breakthrough; title: New horizons; title: The later years.