Jada Yuan, a young girl, didn’t know how well-known her grandmother was in the field of physics. This episode explores the life and times of Chien-Shiung Wu, a physicist. Jada talks to host Emily Kwong about writing the article Discovering Dr. Wu for the Washington Post, where she is a reporter covering culture and politics.Check out part one in which Emily talks to Short Wave’s scientist-in-residence about how Chien-Shiung Wu altered physics. In 1956, she made a major discovery about the way our universe works at the smallest levels.
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