A Physics Legend Part One: How Chien-Shiung Wu Changed Physics Forever
Podcast: Short WavePublished On: Thu Mar 10 2022
Description: In the 1950's, a particle physicist made a landmark discovery that changed what we thought we knew about how our universe operates. And Chien-Shiung Wu did it while raising a family and an ocean away from her relatives in China. Short Wave's Scientist-In-Residence Regina Barber joins host Emily Kwong to talk about that landmark discovery--what it meant for the physics world, and what it means to Regina personally as a woman and a Chinese and Mexican American in physics.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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