Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung, the First Lady of Physics, was born on May 31, 1912 and raised in a small fishing town just north of Shanghai, China. In 1934, Chien-Shiung graduated at the top of her class with a degree in physics from the National Central University in Nanking, China. She enrolled at the University of California Berkeley in 1936 and graduated with her PhD in physics in 1940. While at Columbia University, Chein-Shiung worked on the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear bomb, where her research included improving Geiger counters for the detection of radiation and the enrichment of uranium in large quantities.
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