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Chien-Shiung Wu

May 31, 1912 –February 16, 1997

Physicist

Lived 84 years

Born in
Liuhe, Jiangsu, China
Passed away in
New York City, New York, United States

Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American experimental physicist whose work in nuclear physics included the experiment that demonstrated parity violation in weak interactions. She taught and conducted research at Columbia University and received the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics.

Source: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chien-Shiung_Wu