Chien-Shiung Wu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chien-Shiung Wu

Chinese American experimental physicist

Date of Birth: 31-May-1912

Place of Birth: Taicang, Jiangsu, China

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1997

Profession: physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist

Nationality: United States, China

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Chien-Shiung Wu (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Wú Jiànxióng; May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese-American experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the field of nuclear physics.
Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion.
She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved.
This discovery resulted in her colleagues Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang winning the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, while Wu herself was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics in 1978.
Her expertise in experimental physics evoked comparisons to Marie Curie.
Her nicknames include the "First Lady of Physics", the "Chinese Madame Curie" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research".