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Chinese Nobel laureate and physicist Chen Ning Yang dies aged 103

Chinese Nobel laureate and physicist Chen Ning Yang dies aged 103

Summary

Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist from China, has died at the age of 103. Yang was known for his groundbreaking work in physics, particularly in the field of parity laws, which contributed to the understanding of elementary particles.

Key Facts

  • Chen Ning Yang was a Nobel laureate and influential physicist.
  • He passed away at 103 years old due to illness.
  • Yang won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 with Lee Tsung-Dao for their work on parity laws.
  • He was a professor and honorary dean at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
  • Yang was born in 1922 in Anhui province, China.
  • He studied in the United States under physicist Enrico Fermi.
  • Yang was recognized with the Albert Einstein Commemorative Award in 1957 and an honorary doctorate from Princeton University.
  • He was married twice and had three children with his first wife.
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