Madame Wu Chien-Shiung: The First Lady of Physics Research

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 Physical 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.

Author: Tsai-Chien Chiang
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: 01/01/2014
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9789814368926
ISBN10: 981436892X
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics | General
- Science | History