Madame Wu Chien-Shiung: The First Lady of Physics Research (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789814374842)

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: 9814374849
ISBN-13: 9789814374842
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.70d

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