Queen of physics how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom
"When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek ma...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Sterling Children's Books,
[2019]
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| Summary: | "When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Audience: | 5 & up. K to 3. |
| ISBN: | 9781454932208 1454932201 |
| Author Notes: | Rebecca Huang is an illustrator from Taiwan who currently lives in the Bay Area. Rebecca received her MFA degree in illustration from Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She is the author and illustrator of Bobo and the New Baby . You can visit her at rebeccamhuang.com. |
