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Madame Wu Chien-Shiung : the first lady of physics research
- Title
- Madame Wu Chien-Shiung : the first lady of physics research / Chiang Tsai-Chien ; translated by Wong Tang-Fong.
- Author
- Jiang, Caijian
- Publication
- Singapore : World Scientific, [2014]
- ©2014
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-380 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wong, Tang-Fong, 1944-
- Description
- xxxvi, 264 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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 Physics 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.
- Uniform Title
- Wu Jianxiong. English
- Alternative Title
- Wu Jianxiong.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Childhood in Liuhe -- ch. 2. A young Wu Chien-Shiung became the favorite student of Hu Shih -- ch. 3. Choice of future -- ch. 4. A rising star in Berkeley -- ch. 5. Youth and love -- ch. 6. Going East -- ch. 7. From nuclear fission to the Manhattan Project -- ch. 8. A world authority in beta decay -- ch. 9. Revolution in parity conservation -- ch. 10. Experiment at 2,000 feet underground -- ch. 11. The first female president of the American Physical Society -- ch. 12. Love of China -- ch. 13. The first lady of physics research -- ch. 14. Wu Chien-Shiung the scientist.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-380
- ISBN
- 9789814374842
- 9814374849
- 9789814368926 (paperback)
- 981436892X (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2013444172
- OCLC
- 753623991
- Author
- Jiang, Caijian, author.
- Title
- Madame Wu Chien-Shiung : the first lady of physics research / Chiang Tsai-Chien ; translated by Wong Tang-Fong.
- Publisher
- Singapore : World Scientific, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- Added Author
- Wong, Tang-Fong, 1944- translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-380