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Auteur(s) : Jiang, Cai jian (1950-....)
Titre(s) : Madame Wu Chien-Shiung [Texte imprimé] : the first lady of physics research / Chiang Tsai-Chien ; translated by Wong Tang-Fong
Traduction de : Wu Jianxiong
Publication : Singapore : World scientific, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXXVI-264 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
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
Sujet(s) : Wu, Chien-shiung (1912-1997)
Physiciennes -- Chine
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
530.092 (23e éd.) = Physique - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789814374842. - ISBN 9814374849 (rel.). - ISBN 9789814368926. - ISBN 981436892X
(br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb438873113
Notice n° :
FRBNF43887311
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
