Wu Jianxiong

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Wu Jianxiong, better known as Chien-Shiung Wu, was a pioneering Chinese-American experimental physicist whose groundbreaking work on beta decay and the violation of parity conservation earned her the nickname "the First Lady of Physics."

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instanceOf Chinese-American scientist ⓘ
experimental physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Comstock Prize in Physics ⓘ
John Price Wetherill Medal ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics ⓘ
Wolf Prize in Physics ⓘ
burialPlace courtyard of Ming De School, Liuhe, Jiangsu, China ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Vincent Yuan ⓘ
contributedTo demonstration of parity violation in weak interactions ⓘ
development of nuclear reactors during the Manhattan Project ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship China ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-05-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1997-02-16 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Emilio Segrè ⓘ
educatedAt National Central University ⓘ
National Central University in Nanjing ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
employer Columbia University ⓘ
Manhattan Project ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
Smith College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chinese ⓘ
fieldOfWork experimental physics ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influenced development of the Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences (United States) ⓘ
name Chien-Shiung Wu ⓘ
Wu Jianxiong ⓘ
nativeName 吳健雄 ⓘ
linked to: Chien-Shiung Wu
nickname Chinese Madame Curie ⓘ
First Lady of Physics ⓘ
notableFor Wu experiment ⓘ
experimental confirmation of parity violation ⓘ
work on beta decay ⓘ
notableWork Wu experiment on cobalt-60 beta decay ⓘ
linked to: Wu experiment
placeOfBirth Liuhe, Taicang, Jiangsu, China ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
positionHeld president of the American Physical Society ⓘ
spouse Luke Chia-Liu Yuan ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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