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The Little-Known Origin Story behind the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics
In 1949 physicist Chien-Shiung Wu devised an experiment that documented evidence of entanglement. Her findings have been hidden in plain sight for more than 70 years
Michelle Frank is a science writer and poet at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her work has received support from the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Friends of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics; the American Physical Society; and the Sundog Poetry Center.
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