1912 - 1997
Chien-Shiung Wu (Chinese: 吳健雄; pinyin: Wú Jiànxióng; Wade–Giles: Wu2 Chien4-hsiung2; May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by gaseous diffusion. She is best known for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chien-Shiung Wu has received more than 729,270 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Chien-Shiung Wu is the 216th most popular physicist (up from 261st in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from China (up from 274th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Physicist.
Chien-shiung Wu is most famous for her work in the field of particle physics. She was the first woman to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Among physicists, Chien-Shiung Wu ranks 216 out of 721. Before her are Jim Peebles, Kai Siegbahn, Robert Hofstadter, Frederick Reines, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and Mihajlo Pupin. After her are Arthur Ashkin, Carl von Linde, Edmond Becquerel, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Tsung-Dao Lee, and Joseph Swan.
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 210
1918 - 2007
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 211
1915 - 1990
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 212
1918 - 1998
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 213
1618 - 1663
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 214
1858 - 1935
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 215
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 216
1922 - 2020
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 217
1842 - 1934
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 218
1820 - 1891
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 219
1921 - 1999
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 220
1926 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 221
1828 - 1914
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 222
Among people born in 1912, Chien-Shiung Wu ranks 42. Before her are Glenn T. Seaborg, Patrick White, Otto Ernst Remer, Karl Malden, Edward Mills Purcell, and Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland. After her are Juan Pujol García, Don Siegel, Kim Philby, Isser Harel, Ghazi of Iraq, and Georg Solti. Among people deceased in 1997, Chien-Shiung Wu ranks 39. Before her are Zoltán Czibor, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Edward Mills Purcell, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Alfred Hershey, and Nikolai Tikhonov. After her are Shoichi Yokoi, Cornelius Castoriadis, John Denver, Dodi Fayed, John Eccles, and Chaim Herzog.
1912 - 1999
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 36
1912 - 1990
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 37
1912 - 1997
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 38
1912 - 2009
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 39
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 40
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 41
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 42
1912 - 1988
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 43
1912 - 1991
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 44
1912 - 1988
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 45
1912 - 2003
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 46
1912 - 1939
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 47
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 48
1929 - 1997
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 33
1903 - 1997
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 34
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 35
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 36
1908 - 1997
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 37
1905 - 1997
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 38
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 39
1915 - 1997
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 40
1922 - 1997
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 41
1943 - 1997
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 42
1955 - 1997
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 43
1903 - 1997
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 44
1918 - 1997
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 45
Among people born in China, Chien-Shiung Wu ranks 239 out of 1,186. Before her are Emperor Zhenzong (968), Jacques Mayol (1927), Emperor Hui of Jin (259), Emperor Shenzong of Song (1048), Lady Zhen (183), and Zhao Bing (1271). After her are Wang Xizhi (303), Sima Shi (208), Meng Tian (-250), Abaoji (872), Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), and Xu Huang (169).
968 - 1022
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 233
1927 - 2001
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 234
259 - 307
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 235
1048 - 1085
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 236
183 - 221
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 237
1271 - 1279
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 238
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 239
303 - 361
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 240
208 - Present
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 241
250 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 242
872 - 926
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 243
1926 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 244
169 - 227
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 245
Among physicists born in China, Chien-Shiung Wu ranks 3. Before her are Yang Chen-Ning (1922) and Walter Houser Brattain (1902). After her are Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), Daniel C. Tsui (1939), Qian Xuesen (1911), and He Jiankui (1984).
1922 - Present
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 1
1902 - 1987
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 2
1912 - 1997
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 3
1926 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 5
1911 - 2009
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 6
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 7