“It is shameful that there are so few women in science. [...] In China there are many, many women in physics. There is a misconception in America that women scientists are all dowdy spinsters. This is the fault of men. In Chinese society, a woman is valued for what she is, and men encourage her to accomplishments yet she remains eternally feminine.”
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Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu, born on May 31, 1912, in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, and died on February 16, 1997. She was a renowned physicist, known as the 'Chinese Curie'. Wu made significant contributions to the field of atomic nuclear physics, particularly in the study of beta decay and parity conservation. Her work had a profound impact on the development of particle physics. more
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