Chien-Shiung Wu vs Paul Erdős
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Compare the life timelines of Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997) and Paul Erdős (1913–1996) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 83 years, from 1913 to 1996.
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Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997)
- — Born in Liuhe, Jiangsu Province, China Verified
- — Graduated in physics from National Central University in Nanjing Verified
- — Emigrated to the United States for graduate study Verified
- — Earned PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley Verified
- — Married physicist Luke Chia-Liu Yuan Verified
- — Joined the Manhattan Project at Columbia University Verified
- — Conducted the Wu experiment demonstrating parity violation Verified
- — Became first female president of the American Physical Society Verified
- — Received the inaugural Wolf Prize in Physics Verified
- — Died in New York City Verified
Paul Erdős (1913–1996)
- — Born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary Verified
- — Entered Pázmány Péter University in Budapest Verified
- — Moved to Manchester, England, for a postdoctoral fellowship Verified
- — Received doctorate in mathematics from the University of Budapest Verified
- — Moved to the United States and took a fellowship at Princeton Verified
- — Contributed an elementary proof of the prime number theorem Verified
- — Awarded the Cole Prize of the American Mathematical Society Verified
- — Awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics Verified
- — Died in Warsaw, Poland, while attending a mathematics conference Verified