Description:Narrating the well-lived life of the “Chinese Madame Curie” — a recipient of the first Wolf Prize in Physics (1978), the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Princeton University, as well as the first female president of the American Physical Society — this book provides a comprehensive and honest account of the life of Dr Wu Chien-Shiung, an outstanding and leading experimental physicist of the 20th century.Contents:
Childhood in Liuhe
A Young Wu Chien-Shiung Became the Favorite Student of Hu Shih
Choice of Future
A Rising Star in Berkeley
Youth and Love
Going East
From Nuclear Fission to the Manhattan Project
A World Authority in Beta Decay
Revolution in Parity Conservation
Experiment at 2,000 Feet Underground
The First Female President of the American Physical Society
Love of China
The First Lady of Physics Research
Wu Chien-Shiung the Scientist
Readership: Students and laymen.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research. To get started finding Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
373
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
N/A
Release
2012
ISBN
9814579130
Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research
Description: Narrating the well-lived life of the “Chinese Madame Curie” — a recipient of the first Wolf Prize in Physics (1978), the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Princeton University, as well as the first female president of the American Physical Society — this book provides a comprehensive and honest account of the life of Dr Wu Chien-Shiung, an outstanding and leading experimental physicist of the 20th century.Contents:
Childhood in Liuhe
A Young Wu Chien-Shiung Became the Favorite Student of Hu Shih
Choice of Future
A Rising Star in Berkeley
Youth and Love
Going East
From Nuclear Fission to the Manhattan Project
A World Authority in Beta Decay
Revolution in Parity Conservation
Experiment at 2,000 Feet Underground
The First Female President of the American Physical Society
Love of China
The First Lady of Physics Research
Wu Chien-Shiung the Scientist
Readership: Students and laymen.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research. To get started finding Madame Wu Chien-shiung: The First Lady Of Physics Research, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.