CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 Wu’s Experiment 5 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2 Becoming a Scientist 9 TOPIC SPOTLIGHT TOPIC SPOTLIGHT The Manhattan Project 14 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 In the Lab 17 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 Leading the Way 23 Focus on Chien-Shiung Wu 28 Glossary 30 To Learn More 31 Index 32 Table of Contents Table of Contents
Wu’s Experiment Chien-Shiung Wu was a physicist In 1956 she did an experiment She saw what happened when atoms broke apart One popular idea said that particles would fly off in all directions equally Like many scientists Chien-Shiung Wu used experiments to learn about the world 5 Chapter 1
