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“Beta decay was... like a dear old friend. There would always be a special place in my heart reserved especially for it.”

Quote by Chien-Shiung Wu

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Chien-Shiung Wu
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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