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Chien-Shiung Wu in 1958. Asian Americans have made many notable contributions to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.. Chien-Shiung Wu was known to many scientists as the "First Lady of Physics" and played a pivotal role in experimentally demonstrating the violation of the law of conservation of parity in the field of particle physics.
Susan C. Lee, first Asian American elected to Maryland State Senate and to serve as Maryland Secretary of State. Ted Lieu, member of the United States House of Representatives (D-CA) Gary Locke, elected the first Asian American governor in the mainland United States in November 1996 and became Governor of Washington in January 1997.
Chien-Shiung Wu (Chinese: 吳健雄; pinyin: Wú Jiànxióng; Wade–Giles: Wu 2 Chien 4-shiung 2; May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics.
American social scientists of Asian descent (4 P) Pages in category "American scientists of Asian descent" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total.
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
Why Asian American women have been left behind When Lucas was diagnosed with lung cancer, she was in the second year of her Ph.D. program, simultaneously working as a special education teacher in ...
Ann S. Tsukamoto Weissman [1] (born July 6, 1952) is an Asian American stem cell researcher and inventor. [2] [3] In 1991, she co-patented a process that allowed the human stem cell to be isolated and demonstrated their potential in treating patients with metastatic breast cancer.
The majority of Americans can’t name a single famous Asian American, according to a recent survey. The most common answers besides "I can't think of one" was Jackie Chan, who's not American, and ...