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Preface vii
Acknowledgments x
Introduction xi
1 The Atomic World 1
School in China 2
Radioactivity, a New Form of Energy 4
Physics in Europe 6
Quantum Physics, the Early Years 8
A Profound Mystery 11
2 The Nuclear World 16
Courageous Hero 17
X-rays and Early Research 18
Wu Arrives in the United States 19
The Cyclotron and the Beginning of Nuclear Physics 20
Ask Miss Wu 23
3 The Manhattan Project 28
Overcoming Prejudice 28
More Research on X-rays 31
The Move East 32
The "Blackboard Interviews" 34
Fission versus Fusion 36
4 After the War 39
Good News 40
Several Smaller Problems 40
Wu Chooses Beta Decay 44
Particles, Antiparticles, and Spin 45
Wu Continues to Receive Acclaim 48
5 Professor Wu 51
Two Theories of Beta Decay 51
Five Interactions 53
The Family Grows 54
Theories Confirmed 57
Parity 58
A Chance to Go Home 61
6 Parity, the Experiment That Changed Physics 63
The Theta-Tau Puzzle 64
Richard Feynman, an American Theoretical Physicist 69
Anniversary Cruise 73
Near Absolute Zero 74
The Famous Experiment 76
7 Wu's Other Contributions to Particle Physics 83
Exotic Matter 84
Forces and Particles 88
Another Great Success 91
8 Medical Science 94
Hemoglobin Studies 95
Sickle-Cell Disease 98
Honors 100
Conclusion 104
Chronology 106
Glossary 109
The Periodic Table of the Elements 112
Further Resources 114
Index TK
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Wallace Chin
reviewed Chien-Shiung Wu: The Elegance of Experiment on October 02, 2013
Chien-Shiung Wu: The Elegance of Experiment
There have been many biographies of Oppenheimer, which cover the main points of his life. I really enjoyed that the author chose to focus entirely on his later years (the years that other bios would devote only half of a chapter to). If you're looking for the definitive Oppenheimer bio, this is definitely not it, but if you are already well steeped in his life story, this book provides a wonderful opportunity to learn more.
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