Chen Ning Yang

Chen Ning Yang, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1922-09-22 in Hofei, Anhwei, China

Gender: male

Field: Chinese physicist (1922–2025)

Biography

Yang Chen-Ning was a Chinese-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, particle physics and condensed matter physics.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957

Awarded on: 1957-10-31

"for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles"

Affiliations:

  • Institute for Advanced Study – Princeton, NJ, USA
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