Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1507]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1963

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-1507

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Summary

In 1963, Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), professor of physics at Columbia University, was already considered one of the world's foremost experimental physicists. Her experiments, with the aid of associates Y.K. Lee and L.W. Mo, confirmed the theory of sub-atomic behavior known as "weak interaction.

Subject

  • Wu, C. S (Chien-shiung) 1912-1997
  • Columbia University

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-1507

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1963
  • 3/20/1963

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Topic

Physics

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1507]

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