In this episode of pplpod, we explore the groundbreaking life and career of Chien-Shiung Wu, a pioneering experimental physicist known as the "Chinese Marie Curie" and the "Queen of Nuclear Research". From her early days as a student leader in China to her arrival in the United States on the SS President Hoover, we trace Wu’s journey to becoming one of the most important figures in 20th-century physics.

Tune in to learn about:

• The Manhattan Project: How Wu’s expertise in beta decay and the properties of Xenon-135 were crucial in solving the B Reactor's stalling problems and developing uranium enrichment processes for the atomic bomb.

• The Wu Experiment: A deep dive into her most famous work using supercooled Cobalt-60, which shattered the fundamental "law of conservation of parity" a ...