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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Chien-Shiung Wu

Title:

Michael I. Pupin Professor of Physics

Affiliation:

Columbia University

New York,New York  USA

Gender:

Female

Year Deceased:

1997

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1975

Citation:

"For her ingenious experiments that led to new and surprising understanding of the decay of the radioactive nucleus."

Presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1976.

 

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