| Chien-Shiung Wu: Pioneering Nuclear Physicist Contributor(s): Hammond, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816061777 ISBN-13: 9780816061778 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Physics |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008054434 |
| Series: Makers of Modern Science |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 124 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Born in China in 1912, Chien-shiung Wu came to the United States to study physics at the University of California at Berkeley. Madame Wu, as she was called, was one of the most distinguished women physicists of her time, and served as the first female president of the American Physical Society in the 1970s. |