About this item
When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, most girls did not attend school; no one considered them as smart as boys. But her parents felt differently. Giving her a name meaning &;Courageous Hero,&; they encouraged her love of learning and science. This engaging biography follows Wu Chien Shiung as she battles sexism and racism to become what Newsweek magazine called the &;Queen of Physics&; for her work on beta decay. 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 honors.
Winner - 2020 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Picture Book!
An NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended book!
About the Author
Teresa Robeson was born in Hong Kong, raised in Canada, and now lives on a mini-homestead in southern Indiana with her scientist husband. She has a life-long love of children's lit, science fiction, and nonfiction. Teresa draws upon her Chinese heritage, Canadian-American sensibilities, as well as her background in science and love of nature when she writes. "QUEEN OF PHYSICS: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom" is Teresa's debut picture book. It won the 2020 American Library Association Asian/Pacific American Award in the Picture Book category and was also a NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Orbis Pictus Recommended Book. "TWO BICYCLES IN BEIJING," to be released April 1, 2020, by Albert Whitman, is Teresa's second picture book. Teresa is represented by Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary Agency. For more about her, as well as to contact her, please check out her website at http://teresarobeson.com
