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QUEEN OF PHYSICS 
Author:   Teresa Robeson  
Illustrator:   Rebecca Huang  
RRP:   $24.99
Online Price :  $22.50
10+ Copy Price :  $21.25         
Format:   Hardback 
Type of Book:   General Information 
ISBN:   9781454932208
Category:   STEAM
Famous People
Physics
Science
Famous Women
Prejudice
Published:   31/07/2019
Status:   Subject To Availability
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Age range 5+ Meet Wu Chien Shiung, famous physicist who overcame prejudice to prove that she could be anything she wanted. When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school; no one considered them as smart as boys. But her parents felt differently. Naming their daughter 'Courageous Hero,' they encouraged her love of learning and science. This engaging biography follows Wu Chien Shiung as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States to become what Newsweek magazine called the 'Queen of Physics' for her work on how atoms split. Along the way, she earned the admiration of famous scientists like Enrico Fermi and Robert Oppenheimer and became the first woman hired as an instructor by Princeton University, the first woman elected President of the American Physical Society, the first scientist to have an asteroid named after her when she was still alive, and many other honours.



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