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Episode 005 - Chien-Shiung Wu | Physicist

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Alternate Title: A Parody of Parity

 

Emlyn tells Emma about the "First Lady of Physics," Chien-Shiung Wu, and Emma tells Emlyn about horses remembering human emotions and about the winner of the AWIS Pinnacle Award!

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Main Story - Chien-Shiung Wu

  1. Atomic Heritage Foundation: https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/chien-shiung-wu
  • National Women’s Hall of Fame: https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/chienshiung-wu/
  • American National Biography: https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302686
  • Madame Wu and the Holiday Experiment That Changed Physics Forever: https://gizmodo.com/madame-wu-and-the-holiday-experiment-that-changed-physi-1749319896
  • Inside Story: C S Wu – First Lady of physics research: http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/51556
  • Channeling Ada Lovelace: Chien-Shiung Wu, Courageous Hero of Physics:
    • https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/channeling-ada-lovelace-chien-shiung-wu-courageous-hero-of-physics/

    Women who werk

    1. Horses remember peoples’ facial expressions (Article): https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30364-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218303646%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
  • Science Daily Article about paper: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180426130024.htm
  • Sue Desmond-Hellmann wins 2018 AWIS Pinnacle Award. https://www.awis.org/awis-announces-top-awards-for-stem-and-gender-equity-champions/

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    Trivia

    Article: “Almost a Fellow…” by the Royal Society

    http://blogs.royalsociety.org/history-of-science/2012/03/08/almost-a-fellow/

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