Joan Hinton | |
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| Born | Joan Chase Hinton October 20, 1921 |
| Died | June 8, 2010 (aged 88) Beijing, China |
| Other names | Chinese: 寒春 |
| Occupation | nuclear physicist |
| Spouse | Erwin Engst (m. 1949, died 2003) |
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| Relatives | William H. Hinton (brother) Jean Hinton Rosner |
Joan Hinton (Chinese name: 寒春, Pinyin: Hán Chūn; 20 October 1921 – 8 June 2010) [1] was a nuclear physicist and one of the few women scientists who worked for the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. Dismayed at the use of the atomic bomb against the Japanese, she went to live and work in China, staying on after the establishment of the People's Republic of China after 1949. She and her husband Erwin (Sid) Engst participated in China's efforts at developing a socialist economy, working extensively in agriculture, and supported the policies of Mao Zedong. She lived on a dairy farm north of Beijing before her death on June 8, 2010.