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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2018 · 20 MIN

Chien- Shiung Wu * Megan Armknecht

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Chien-Shuing Wu was a world-renowned physicist whose career spanned five decades. She emigrated from China to the United States in the 1930s, where she pursued her education at UC Berkeley, later becoming a full professor at Columbia University. She was well-known for her work in beta decay and subatomic physics, and has often been called the "Chinese Marie Curie."

Chien-Shuing Wu was a world-renowned physicist whose career spanned five decades. She emigrated from China to the United States in the 1930s, where she pursued her education at UC Berkeley, later becoming a full professor at Columbia University. She was well-known for her work in beta decay and subatomic physics, and has often been called the "Chinese Marie Curie."

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