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Born in China in 1912, Chien-shiung Wu came to the United States to study physics at the University of California at Berkeley. Madame Wu, as she was called, was one of the most distinguished women physicists of her time, and served as the first female president of the American Physical Society in the 1970s.

As a boy growing up on California's coast, Robert Ballard was fascinated by marine geology and life underwater. His most famous expedition found the remains of a famed luxury liner - the RMS Titanic - in 1985. This title shares the life and work of Robert Ballard as he combs the deep for the answers to science's secrets.