US EditionChinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang dies at 103
- Chinese state media and Tsinghua University announced that Professor Yang Chen-Ning, a Nobel laureate, died of illness in Beijing on Saturday at age 103.
- Yang's Nobel-winning work established parity law violation in weak interactions, and he co-developed the Yang-Mills Non-Abelian Gauge Theory with Robert Mills to explain nuclear particle interactions.
- As a teenager, Yang told his parents `One day, I want to win the Nobel Prize`, achieving it at age 35 after studying at Tsinghua University, the University of Chicago, and Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study.
- Yang's return to China positioned him to teach at Tsinghua University and lead its Institute for Advanced Study, boosting research and recruiting scientists like Andrew Chi-Chih Yao.
- Yang renounced U.S. citizenship to become a Chinese citizen and encouraged others to follow, amid U.S. policies like the China Initiative and recruitment efforts such as the Thousand Talents programme.
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The Chinese physicist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 together with Tsung-Dao Lee. They had gained important insights into elementary particles.
Chen Ning Yang, born in the Chinese eastern city of Hefei in 1922, received the Nobel Prize in physics, along with the researcher and his partner Tsung Dao Lee.
Chinese Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Yang Chen-Ning Dies at 103
BEIJING—Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Yang Chen-ning, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics, died in Beijing on Saturday. He was 103. The Tsinghua University, where he studied and served as a professor, said in a statement that Yang died of an illness, without sharing further details. “Professor Yang is one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, having made revolutionary contributions to the development of mod…
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957, Chen Ning Yang died this Saturday at the age of 103. His work on nuclear had a significant impact on the world of physics Chen Ning
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