Qian Sanqiang (1913-1992) was a Chinese nuclear physicist

Nuclear physics

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Biography

A native of Huzhou

Huzhou

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, Zhejiang Province

Zhejiang

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, China

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, Qian was born in Shaoxing

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, attending Peking University

Peking University

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 and Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University

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. His father is Qian Xuantong

Qian Xuantong

Qian Xuantong was a Chinese linguist.-Biography:Born in Huzhou, Zhejiang, Qian was named 錢夏錢夏 at birth, and was given the courtesy name Deqian trained in traditional Chinese philology. After receiving his university education in Japan, Qian held a number of teaching positions in mainland China...

. Qian went to France

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 in 1937. He studied in Collège de Sorbonne

Collège de Sorbonne

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 and Collège de France

Collège de France

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, doing research under Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

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 and Irène Joliot-Curie

Irène Joliot-Curie

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. He returned to China in 1948.

In 1954 he joined the Communist Party of China

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. He served successively as Director of the Institute of Modern Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice-Minister of the No. 2 Ministry of the Machine-building Industry, Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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 and honorary Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology

China Association for Science and Technology

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Qian made outstanding contributions to the establishment of nuclear science in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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and to the development of PRC's atomic and hydrogen bombs.