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Blog Flashback: Birthday of CS Wu

Today marks the 110th birthday of C. S. Wu, who won the Wolf Prize in Physics for her discovery of parity breaking.

We had a length piece on the blog for her birthday last year: https://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/tools-and-resources/lecdem-blog/621-celebrating-the-birthday-of-chien-shiung-wu.html

And another nice article was published today by the Linda Hall Library https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/chien-shiung-wu

AIP Hisotry has a teaching guide about her work https://www.aip.org/history-programs/physics-history/teaching-guides/chien-shiung-wu-chinese-nuclear-physicist

 

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