On the occasion of its 101st annual meeting in Washington, D.C., the National Academy of Sciences presented its Cyrus B. Comstock Award to Chien‐Shiung Wu of Columbia University. The award, which is given every five years by the Academy for the most important discovery or investigation in electricity, magnetism, or radiant energy, paid tribute to Dr. Wu's work in providing the first experimental confirmation of the violation of parity.
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1964
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