--- title: "4 Chien-Shiung Wu Quotes" description: "Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle phys..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b136/author-chien-shiung-wu-67935.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Chien-Shiung Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b136/author-chien-shiung-wu-67935.jpg) # Chien-Shiung Wu **4** quotes in **53** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics. Wu worked on the Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the process for separating uranium into uranium-235 and uranium-238 isotopes by ga ## Quotes by Chien-Shiung Wu > [I was a senior research scientist that changed the accepted view of the structure of the universe. I disproved one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chien-shiung-wu/i-was-a-senior-research-scientist-that-changed-the-accepted-view-of/) Chien-Shiung Wu [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/chien-shiung-wu-67935_accepted_i-was-a-senior-research-scientist-that-c_532832.png) > [Beta decay was... like a dear old friend. There would always be a special place in my heart reserved especially for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chien-shiung-wu/beta-decay-was-like-a-dear-old-friend-there-would-always-be-a-special/) Chien-Shiung Wu [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/chien-shiung-wu-67935_beta_beta-decay-was-like-a-dear-old-friend-th_2389953.png) > [It is shameful that there are so few women in science In China there are many, many women in physics. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chien-shiung-wu/it-is-shameful-that-there-are-so-few-women-in-science-in-china-there/) Chien-Shiung Wu [Accomplishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplishment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/chien-shiung-wu-67935_accomplishment_it-is-shameful-that-there-are-so-few-wom_2517653.jpg) > [There is only one thing worse than coming home from the lab to a sink full of dirty dishes, and that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chien-shiung-wu/there-is-only-one-thing-worse-than-coming-home-from-the-lab-to-a-sink/) Chien-Shiung Wu [Coming home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coming-home/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/chien-shiung-wu-67935_coming-home_there-is-only-one-thing-worse-than-comin_2611485.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chien-shiung-wu/#itemlist", "name": "Chien-Shiung Wu Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was a senior research scientist that changed the accepted view of the structure of the universe. 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