The Queen of Nuclear Physics (Part One): Chien-Shiung Wu's Discovery
b'In the 1950\'s, a particle physicist made a landmark discovery that changed what was known about how the universe operates. Chien-Shiung Wu did it while raising a family and an ocean away from her relatives in China.
Short Wave\'s Scientist-In-Residence Regina Barber joins host Emily Kwong to talk about that landmark discovery\\u2014what it meant for the physics world, and what it means to Regina personally as a woman and a Chinese and Mexican American in physics.
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