Chen Ning Yang
Appearance
Chen-Ning Frank Yang 杨振宁 | |
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楊振寧 (杨振宁 Yáng Zhènníng) | |
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Nationality | Chinese |
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Spouse(s) | Chih-Li Tu (1950–2003) Fan Weng (2004–present) |
Children | 3 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistical mechanics Particle physics |
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Doctoral advisor | Edward Teller |
Other academic advisors | Enrico Fermi |
Doctoral students | Bill Sutherland |
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Traditional Chinese | 楊振寧 | ||||||
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Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922),[1] also known as Yang Zhenning, is a Chinese-born American physicist and mathematician.[2] He works on statistical mechanics and particle physics. Yang and Tsung-dao Lee received the 1957 Nobel prize in physics.[3] This was for their work on parity nonconservation of weak interaction.
Awards
[change | change source]- Nobel Prize in Physics (1957)
- Rumford Prize (1980)
- National Medal of Science (1986)
- Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture and Medal (1988)
- Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences of the American Philosophical Society (1993)[4]
- Bower Award (1994)
- Albert Einstein Medal (1995)
- Lars Onsager Prize (1999)
- King Faisal International Prize (2001)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Bing-An Li, Yuefan Deng. "Biography of C.N. Yang" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-09-11.
His birth date was erroneously recorded as September 22, 1922 in his 1945 passport. He has since used this incorrect date on all subsequent official documents.
- ↑ "Chen Ning Yang". NNDB / Soylent Communications. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences Recipients". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved November 26, 2011.