Two Female Physicists: Rosalyn Yalow and Chien-Shiung Wu

Read about two accomplished women physicists: Rosalyn Yalow, who explored how isotopes could be used in medicine, and Chien-Shiung Wu, who worked on the Manhattan Project and helped collaborate on a theory to disprove the law of conservation of parity.

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Women's History Month

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This comprehensive book presents highlights of each decade from the 1900s to the 1990s. It examines the political, economic, social, cultural, scientific, and technological advances of the twentieth century and introduces students to the individuals who made history in each decade.

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