Chien-shiung Wu: Phenomenal Physicist (Women in Science)

Chien-shiung Wu was a Chinese-American physicist who made significant contributions to nuclear physics. She worked on the Manhattan Project and is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which disproved the Law of Conservation of Parity. Wu's research played a crucial role in the development of the field, and she was recognized with numerous awards and honors for her work. Despite facing gender discrimination, she became a role model for women in science. 'Chien-shiung Wu: Phenomenal Physicist' by Jill C. Wheeler likely chronicles her life, her scientific achievements, and her impact on the scientific community. The book delves into Wu's personal story from her childhood in China, where her father encouraged her curiosity in science, through her education at the University of California-Berkeley meeting physics icons like Oppenheimer, Fermi, and Segre, to her secret work on the Manhattan Project and her career as a researcher and professor at Columbia University. It also discusses nuclear physics, beta decay, and the law of parity with engaging text and photos, supplemented by a timeline, glossary, index, and a hands-on science activity inspired by Wu's work. This title is aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards, published by Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing.