Sometimes called the “Queen” or “First Lady” of physics, Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) was a Chinese-American nuclear physicist who famously solved the “Tau-Theta Puzzle” that had confounded scientists for years. At a time when women — particularly women of color — were not readily accepted in the academy, Wu made significant progress for women in science, and was accepted as a researcher at Princeton University before the institution even admitted women. While Wu’s co-collaborators on the “Tau-Theta Puzzle” were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957, Wu was not, leading some scientists and historians to believe she was excluded on the basis of gender discrimination. Still, she won a number of other prestigious awards, and was elected the first woman president of the American Physics Society. oupacademic.tumblr/post/104797436438/chien-shiung-wu-anb
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:30:01 +0000
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