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Chien-Shiung Wu died at age 84. If still alive, they would be 114 years old today.

Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997) (death at 85 years).

Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion. She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved. This discovery resulted in her colleagues Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang winning the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, while Wu herself was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics in 1978. Her expertise in experimental physics evoked comparisons to Marie Curie. Her nicknames include the "First Lady of Physics", the "Chinese Marie Curie" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research".

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Birthday facts

Based on Chien-Shiung Wu's birth date, 31 May 1912.

Friday
Born on a
♊ Gemini
Zodiac sign
Water Rat
Chinese zodiac
Emerald
Birthstone
Lily of the valley
Birth flower
the Greatest Generation
Generation
age 31, in 1943
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Cosmic stats

Through their final day — rough estimates, not exact science.

84.72
Trips around the Sun
79,613,518,464
km travelled through space
3,564,518,400
Heartbeats (est.)
712,903,680
Breaths taken (est.)
1,047
Full moons seen
21
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