Madame Wu Chien-Shiung: The First Lady of Physics Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789814368926)

Narrating the well-lived life of the "Chinese Madame Curie" -- a recipient of the first Wolf Prize in Physics (1978), the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Princeton University, as well as the first female president of the American Physical Society -- this book provides a comprehensive and honest account of the life of Dr Wu Chien-Shiung, an outstanding and leading experimental physicist of the 20th century.

Author: Tsai-Chien Chiang
ISBN-10: 981436892X
ISBN-13: 9789814368926
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2014
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2014