Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom /

Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom /

When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robeson, Teresa, 1964- (Author)
Other Authors: Huang, Rebecca (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019]
Subjects:
Wu, C. S. > (Chien-shiung), > 1912-1997 > Juvenile literature.
Nuclear physicists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women physicists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Chinese Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Nuclear physicists.
Women physicists.
Chinese Americans.
SCIENCE / Physics.

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