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Chen-Ning Franklin Yang
Chen-Ning Yang
Chen-Ning Yang
Born 1 October 1922 (1922-10-01) (age 85)
Hefei, Anhui, China. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hefei ( literally "Junction of the (South Fei Rivers " former names Ho-fei Luzhou Luchow is a Prefecture-level city and the provincial capital of Anhui (in Chinese: 安徽 Ānhuī) is a province of the People's Republic of China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
Residence China
Nationality China, United States
Fields Physics
Institutions Institute for Advanced Study
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tsinghua University
University of Chicago
Alma mater National Southwestern Associated University
Tsinghua
Doctoral advisor Edward Teller
Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1957)

Rumford Prize (1980)
National Medal of Science (1986)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (1993)

Albert Einstein Medal (1995)

Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (traditional Chinese: 楊振寧; simplified Chinese: 杨振宁; pinyin: Yáng Zhènníng) (born October 1, 1922[1]) is a Chinese-born American physicist who worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton New Jersey, United States is a center for theoretical research State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York The Chinese University of Hong Kong, commonly referred to as CUHK, is the second oldest university in Hong Kong Tsinghua University ( THU;) is a University in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out between China and Japan in 1937 Tsinghua University, Peking University and Nankai University Tsinghua University ( THU;) is a University in Beijing, People's Republic of China. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15 1908 &ndash September 9 2003 was a Hungarian -American theoretical Physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Not to be confused with the Rumford Medal In 1796, Benjamin Thompson known as Count Rumford, made two separate gifts of $5000 each The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in Science and Engineering who have made important The Royal Society of Arts Benjamin Franklin Medal was instituted in 1956 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin 's birth and the 200th anniversary of his membership The Albert Einstein Medal is an award presented by the Albert Einstein Society in Bern. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Yang is the Transcription of the Chinese family name 楊 / 杨. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning Statistical mechanics is the application of Probability theory, which includes mathematical tools for dealing with large populations to the field of Mechanics Symmetry generally conveys two primary meanings The first is an imprecise sense of harmonious or aesthetically-pleasing proportionality and balance such that it reflects beauty or

In 1957, at the age of 35, he and Tsung-Dao Lee received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their theory that weak force interactions between elementary particles did not have parity (mirror-reflection) symmetry. Tsung-Dao Lee ( TD Lee,) (born November 24, 1926) is a Chinese -born American Physicist, well known for his work The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The weak interaction (often called the weak force or sometimes the weak nuclear force) is one of the four Fundamental interactions of nature In Particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a particle not known to have substructure that is it is not known to be made In Physics, a parity transformation (also called parity inversion) is the flip in the sign of one Spatial Coordinate. (Chien-Shiung Wu experimentally verified the theory. Chien-Shiung Wu ( May 13, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese -born American Physicist with an expertise ) Yang's relationship with Lee turned sour around 1962 after they had received the Nobel Prize, unable to agree on which of the two had first proposed the idea of parity non-conservation for weak interaction.

Yang is also well known for his collaboration with Robert Mills in developing a gauge theory of a new class widely known as the Yang-Mills theory. Robert L Mills ( April 15, 1927 - October 27, 1999) was a Physicist, specializing in Quantum field theory, the theory Gauge theory is a peculiar Quantum field theory where the Lagrangian is invariant under certain transformations Gauge theory is a peculiar Quantum field theory where the Lagrangian is invariant under certain transformations Such "Yang-Mills theories" are now a fundamental part of the Standard Model of particle physics. The Standard Model of Particle physics is a theory that describes three of the four known Fundamental interactions together with the Elementary particles Particle physics is a branch of Physics that studies the elementary constituents of Matter and Radiation, and the interactions between them

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Biography

Born in Hefei, Anhui, China, Yang attended elementary school in Beijing, and middle school first in Beijing, then in Kunming. Hefei ( literally "Junction of the (South Fei Rivers " former names Ho-fei Luzhou Luchow is a Prefecture-level city and the provincial capital of Anhui (in Chinese: 安徽 Ānhuī) is a province of the People's Republic of China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes Kunming ( kʊn'mɪŋ UN/LOCODE: CNKMG is a Prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in Southwestern China.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree from National Southwestern Associated University in Kunming in 1942. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out between China and Japan in 1937 Tsinghua University, Peking University and Nankai University Two years later, he studied for his Master of Science degree with a full scholarship at Tsinghua University, at the time also in Kunming. A Master of Science ( Latin: Magister Scientiæ; abbreviated MSc, M A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar for the purpose of furthering their Education Tsinghua University ( THU;) is a University in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He attended the University of Chicago on a Tsinghua University Fellowship in January 1946. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. There he studied for his Ph.D. with Edward Teller and, after receiving it in 1948, remained for a year as an assistant to Enrico Fermi. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15 1908 &ndash September 9 2003 was a Hungarian -American theoretical Physicist In 1949 he moved to the Institute for Advanced Study and in 1965 he became the Albert Einstein Professor of Physics of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the first director of what is now known as C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics. The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton New Jersey, United States is a center for theoretical research State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York C N Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics (YITP is a research center of the State University of New York Stony Brook.

He has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Academia Sinica, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Princeton University (1958). The American Physical Society was founded in 1899 and is the World 's second largest organization of physicists behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Academia Sinica ( "Chinese Academy" in Latin) headquartered in the Nangang District of Taipei, is the National academy Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey.

Yang married Chih-li Tu (traditional Chinese: 杜致禮; pinyin: Dù Zhìlǐ), a teacher, in 1950 and has two sons and a daughter: Franklin Jr. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use , Gilbert, and Eulee (in order of age). His father-in-law was the Kuomintang General Du Yuming. Du Yuming ( py) or Tu Yü-ming ( Wg) (杜聿明 ( November 28, 1903 - May 7, 1981) was a Kuomintang field

He retired from Stony Brook in 1999 and returned as honorary director of Tsinghua University, where he is the Huang Jibei - Lu Kaiqun professor at the Center for Advanced Study (CASTU) and teaches first-year physics. Tsinghua University ( THU;) is a University in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Center for Advanced Study Tsinghua University ( CASTU;) is a research institute established in Beijing in 1997 His wife died in the winter of 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. At the age of 82, Yang became engaged to 28-year old Weng Fan (simplified Chinese: 翁帆; pinyin: Wēng Fān), who was studying for her master's degree at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Guangdong University of Foreign Studies ( was created in June 1995 by merging the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages and Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade They married in early 2005.

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  1. ^ Bing-An Li, Yuefan Deng. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Biography of C.N. Yang (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-09-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul  “His birth date was erroneously recorded as September 22, 1922 in his 1945 passport. He has used this incorrect date on all subsequent official documents. ”

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Persondata
NAME Yang, Chen Ning Franklin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 楊振寧 (Chinese)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Nobel Prize-winning physicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Hefei, Anhui, China
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York The Chinese University of Hong Kong, commonly referred to as CUHK, is the second oldest university in Hong Kong Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hefei ( literally "Junction of the (South Fei Rivers " former names Ho-fei Luzhou Luchow is a Prefecture-level city and the provincial capital of Anhui (in Chinese: 安徽 Ānhuī) is a province of the People's Republic of China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
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