Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu

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Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American experimental physicist known for her significant contributions to the field of nuclear physics, particularly for her work on the Manhattan Project and her pioneering experiments in beta decay, which provided critical evidence for the violation of parity conservation in weak interactions.

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Chien-Shiung Wu led an experiment in 1957 that disproved the assumption that nature maintains mirror symmetry.

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ידיעות אחרונות (Yedioth Ahronoth / ynet)·IsraelIsrael· 2026-01-31
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Chien-Shiung Wu's experiments led to the discovery of parity violation, which was a significant finding in physics.

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