Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion.

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Who was born first?

• Chien-Shiung Wu and Herbert C. Brown were born the same year
• Chien-Shiung Wu and Julius Axelrod were born the same year
• Chien-Shiung Wu and Frank Oppenheimer were born the same year
• Chien-Shiung Wu and Edward Mills Purcell were born the same year
• Chien-Shiung Wu and Salvador Luria were born the same year

Timeline

1. Chien-Shiung Wu (this page)May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997
2. Edward Mills PurcellAugust 30, 1912 – March 7, 1997
3. Frank OppenheimerAugust 14, 1912 – February 3, 1985
4. Herbert C. BrownMay 22, 1912 – December 19, 2004
5. Julius AxelrodMay 30, 1912 – December 29, 2004
6. Salvador LuriaAugust 13, 1912 – February 6, 1991

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