Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu
吳健雄
	Chien-Shiung Wu performing experiments
Born	May 31, 1912; Liuhe, Taicang, Jiangsu, China
Died	February 16, 1997 (aged 84); New York City, U.S.
Citizenship	Republic of China; United States
Education	National Central University (BS); University of California, Berkeley (PhD);
Known for	Manhattan Project; Nuclear fission; Wu experiment; Parity violation; Beta decay; Quantum entanglement;
Spouse	Luke Chia-Liu Yuan (m. 1942)
Children	Vincent Yuan (袁緯承)
Awards	Comstock Prize in Physics (1964); Bonner Prize (1975); National Medal of Science (1975); Wolf Prize in Physics (1978);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica; University of California, Berkeley; Smith College; Princeton University; Columbia University; Zhejiang University;
Thesis	I. The Continuous X-Rays Excited by the Beta-Particles of 32P. II. Radioactive Xenons (1940)
Doctoral advisor	Ernest Lawrence
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳健雄
Simplified Chinese	吴健雄
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wú Jiànxióng
Wade–Giles	Wu2 Chien4-Shiung2
IPA	[ǔ tɕjɛ̂n.ɕjʊ̌ŋ]

Chien-Shiung Wu (Chinese: 吳健雄; pinyin: Wú Jiànxióng; Wade–Giles: Wu² Chien⁴-Hsiung²; May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997) 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. She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved. This discovery resulted in her colleagues Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang winning the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, while Wu herself was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics in 1978. Her expertise in experimental physics evoked comparisons to Marie Curie. Her nicknames include the "First Lady of Physics", the "Chinese Marie Curie" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research".^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Chiang, T.-C. (November 27, 2012). "Inside Story: C S Wu – First Lady of physics research". CERN Courier. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
^ Oertelt, Nadja (June 2, 2017). "Meet Chien-Shiung Wu, the "Queen of Nuclear Research" and destroyer of natural laws". massivesci.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ Yuan, Jada. "Discovering Dr. Wu". The Washington Post.

[chiang-1] Chiang, T.-C. (November 27, 2012). "Inside Story: C S Wu – First Lady of physics research". CERN Courier. Retrieved July 31, 2014.

[:0-2] Oertelt, Nadja (June 2, 2017). "Meet Chien-Shiung Wu, the "Queen of Nuclear Research" and destroyer of natural laws". massivesci.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

[3] Yuan, Jada. "Discovering Dr. Wu". The Washington Post.

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