Chien-Shiung Wu: Phenomenal Physicist: Phenomenal Physicist

by Jill C. Wheeler

In this title, examine the life of accomplished physics researcher and experimentalist Chien-Shiung Wu. Readers will enjoy digging into Wu's personal story, beginning with her childhood in China where her father encouraged her curiosity and interest in science. Students can trace Wu's success from her education at the University of California-Berkeley, where she met physics giants Oppenheimer, Fermi, and Segre, to her secret involvement with the Manhatten...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617834513
• ISBN13: 9781617834516
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.8" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6