Title Chien-shiung Wu : nuclear physicist / by Nel Yomtov ; content consultant, Suzanne Keilson, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Engineering, Loyola University, Maryland. [Boundless electronic resource]

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Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2018]

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Description	1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color).
	text file rda
Series	Women in science
	Women in science (Essential Library (Firm))
Contents	Cover; Title Page; Credits; Contents; Chapter 1: Madame Physicist; Chapter 2: A Star is Born; Chapter 3: Coming to the United States; Chapter 4: Going East; Chapter 5: Beta Decay; Chapter 6: Parity Break Through; Chapter 7: New Horizons; Chapter 8: The Later Years; Timeline; Essential Facts; Glossary; Additional Resources; Source Notes; Index; About the Author.
Summary	Women scientists have made key contributions to the pursuit of science and some of the most important discoveries of all time. In Chien-Shiung Wu, learn how the Chinese nuclear physicist chose to pursue a career in science and made breakthrough discoveries in nuclear fission and the scientific understanding of atoms. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Audience	1140L Lexile
Summary	Looks at the life and work of the Chinese nuclear physicist who made breakthrough discoveries in nuclear fission and the scientific understanding of atoms.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997 -- Juvenile literature.
	Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997.
	Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Subject	Women physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Chinese Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997.
	Women physicists.
	Physicists.
	Scientists.
	Chinese Americans.
	Manhattan Project (U.S.)
	Women -- Biography.
	Chinese American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Physics -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Chinese American women.
	Chinese Americans.
	Physicists.
	Physics.
	Women physicists.
Genre	Electronic books.
	Biographies.
	History.
	Juvenile works.
Other Form:	Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Yomtov, Nelson. Chien-shiung Wu Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2018] 9781532110467 (NjBwBT)bl2017040368 (OCoLC)975490542
ISBN	9781680786378 $59.93
	1680786377 $59.93

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