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The Queen of Nuclear Physics (Part Two): Forming Chien-Shiung Wu's Story

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The Science of the Universe, Part One

The equations they were working on turned out to be part of the manhattan project. The nuclear bombs that came from that work devastated japanese cities of horoshma and nagasaki. Decades later, during a visit to ti wan, doctor woo advised chinese nationalist leader chun kai shek, to never go down the road of building nuclear weapons. Her apartment in new york, which jada visited as a child was wall papered with photographs of her grandmother rubbing elbows with politicians and celebrities.

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