Chien-Shiung Wu quotes
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“I was a senior research scientist that changed the accepted view of the structure of the universe. I disproved one of the then widely accepted “laws†of physics, 'the conversation of parity', by proving that identical nuclear particles do not always act alike.”
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“It is shameful that there are so few women in science In China there are many, many women in physics. There is a misconception in America that women scientists are all dowdy spinsters. This is the fault of men. In Chinese society, a woman is valued for what she is, and men encourage her to accomplishments yet she remains eternally feminine.”
-- Chien-Shiung WuSource : "Queen of Physics". "Newsweek" no. 61, 20, May 20, 1963.
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“There is only one thing worse than coming home from the lab to a sink full of dirty dishes, and that is not going to the lab at all!”
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“Beta decay was... like a dear old friend. There would always be a special place in my heart reserved especially for it.”
-- Chien-Shiung WuSource : "History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics". Book edited by H. B. Newman and T. Ypsilantis,
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“In general, Hitler embodied the view of any popular newspaper.”
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Source : Quoted in Sports Illustrated, 17 Apr. 1989
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Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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