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Nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu / Valerie Bodden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bodden, Valerie, author.
- Series:
- STEM trailblazer bios.
- STEM trailblazer bios
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997--Juvenile literature.
- Wu, C. S.
- Manhattan Project (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
- Manhattan Project (U.S.).
- Chinese American women--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Chinese American women.
- Chinese Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Chinese Americans.
- Women physicists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Women physicists.
- Physicists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Physicists.
- Physics--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lerner Publications, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Do you enjoy performing experiments or studying how the universe works? Growing up in China, Chien-Shiung Wu enjoyed learning about science. As an adult, she earned her PhD in physics and made a discovery that changed the field forever. Wu came to the United States to study physics. Soon she was a sought-after physics professor. As an expert in the field, she left teaching to work on secret government programs. She even helped disprove a major law of physics. But how did she get there? Find out how Wu's persistence drove her contributions in the field of physics.
- Contents:
- Scientific start
- Going nuclear
- War work
- Disproving a law.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5124-1089-6
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