Qian Sanqiang
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Qian Sanqiang, also known as Tsien San-Tsiang, was a Chinese nuclear physicist and among the leading scientists of the Two Bombs, One Satellite program. Due to his central role in the development of C
Just married. Qian Sanqiang and He Zehui in Paris, 1947
Qian Sanqiang and He Zehui on their return to China in 1948
The 1936 graduation class of the physics department at Tsinghua University. He Zehui (Ho Zah-wei) is at the front, second from right; Qian Sanqiang is at the back, far left.
Bust at the UN Vienna International Centre
Project 596
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Project 596 was the first nuclear test of the nuclear weapons program of China, detonated on 16 October 1964, at the Lop Nur test site in Xinjiang. It was an implosion fission device containing about
Qian Sanqiang
…development of China's nuclear industry and nuclear weapons program, he is referred to as the "father of China's atomic bomb". Coincidentally, China's first atomic bomb test was conducted on Qian's 51st birthday. A native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Qian was born in Shaoxing, the son of the scholar Qian Xuantong…
The mushroom cloud from the test
The mushroom cloud
Zhou Enlai announcing the success of the test.