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  1. 4 days ago · 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.

    • Wú Jiànxióng
    • Wu 2 Chien 4 -hsiung 2
    • [ǔ tɕjɛ̂n.ɕjʊ̌ŋ]
  2. Jun 12, 2024 · Chien-Shiung Wu, a Chinese physicist renowned for her critical contributions to the Manhattan Project, spent her career breaking barriers and advocating for gender equality in science.

  3. 3 days ago · The father, absorbing the merits of Western ideas while bearing the great thoughts rooted deep in Chinese culture in mind, exerted the most profound influence on Wu Chien-shiung's life. She spent most of her life in the US, but always wore qipao, a traditional Chinese gown.

  4. Jun 21, 2024 · Chien-Shiung Wu was a leading experimental physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and conducted what is known as the Wu experiment. This contradicted the hypothetical law of conservation of parity.

  5. 2 days ago · Nuclear physicist Wu Chien-shiung, for whom events were held in Nanjing and Taicang, Jiangsu province, in May, to celebrate the 110th anniversary of her birth. [Photo/China Daily] However, Wu's ingeniously designed experiment showed that it was not the case.

  6. Jun 30, 2024 · On Saturday, scientists from China and the US celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of renowned Chinese-American female nuclear physicist Wu Chien-shiung at an international academic forum.

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  8. 4 days ago · The first experiment that verified Einstein's spooky action at a distance (entanglement) was successfully corroborated in a lab by Chien-Shiung Wu and colleague I. Shaknov in 1949, and was published on New Year's Day in 1950.

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