Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu
	Chien-Shiung Wu pada 1958 di Columbia University
Lahir	31 Mei 1912; Liuhe, Taicang, Jiangsu, Republik Tiongkok
Meninggal	16 Februari 1997 (umur 84); New York City, Amerika Serikat
Kebangsaan	Amerika Serikat
Almamater	National Central University ; University of California, Berkeley
Suami/istri	Luke Chia-Liu Yuan (m. 1942)
Anak	Vincent Yuan (袁緯承)
Penghargaan	Comstock Prize in Physics (1964); Bonner Prize (1975); National Medal of Science (1975); Wolf Prize in Physics (1978);
	Karier ilmiah
Bidang	Fisika
Institusi	Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica; University of California at Berkeley; Smith College; Princeton University; Columbia University; Universitas Zhejiang
Disertasi	I. The Continuous X-Rays Excited by the Beta-Particles of 32P. II. Radioactive Xenons (1940)
Pembimbing doktoral	Ernest Lawrence

Chien-Shiung Wu (Hanzi: 吳健雄; 31 Mei 1912 – 16 Februari 1997) adalah seorang fisikawan eksperimental Tionghoa-Amerika yang membuat kontribusi signifikan dalam bidang fisika nuklir. Wu bekerja pada Proyek Manhattan, dimana ia membentu pengembangan proses untuk memisahkan uranium menjadi isotop-isotop uranium-235 dan uranium-238 melalui difusi gas.

Daftar pustaka

Wu, C.-S. (1950). "Recent Investigation of the Shapes of β-Ray Spectra". Reviews of Modern Physics. 22 (4): 386–398. Bibcode:1950RvMP...22..386W. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.22.386.
Wu, C. S.; Moszkowski, S. A. (1966). Beta Decay. New York: Interscience Publishers. LCCN 65-21452. OCLC 542299.
Wu, C.-S. (1975). "Can We Save Basic Research?". Physics Today. 281 (12): 88. Bibcode:1975PhT....28l..88W. doi:10.1063/1.3069274.

Chiang, Tsai-Chien (2014). Madame Chien-Shiung Wu: The First Lady of Physics Research. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-4374-84-2.
Cooperman, Stephanie H. (2004). Chien-Shiung Wu: Pioneering Physicist and Atomic Researcher. Rosen Publishing Group. hlm. 39. ISBN 978-0-8239-3875-9.
Hammond, Richard (2007). Chien-Shiung Wu: Pioneering Nuclear Physicist. Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8160-6177-8.
Heilbron, J. L.; Seidel, Robert W. (1989). Lawrence and his Laboratory: A History of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06426-3. OCLC 19455957. Diakses tanggal May 24, 2015.
McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch (1998). Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries (edisi ke-Revised). Joseph Henry Press. hlm. 254–260. ISBN 978-0-309-07270-0.
Wang, Zuoyue (1970–80). "Wu Chien-Shiung". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 25. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. hlm. 363–368. ISBN 0684101149.

Reynolds, Moira Davison (2004). American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies, 1900–2000. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-2161-9. OCLC 60686608.
Teresa, Robeson. Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom. Sterling Children's Books. illustrated by Rebecca Huang. New York. ISBN 978-1-4549-3220-8. OCLC 1086482902. (won the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature for Picture Books in 2020.^[1])