Chen-Ning Yang, Nobel laureate, dies at 103
2 days ago
- #Tsinghua University
- #Physics
- #Nobel Prize
- Yang Chen-Ning, China's first Nobel laureate, passed away at 103.
- He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for his work on parity non-conservation in weak interaction.
- Yang was a professor at Tsinghua University and made significant contributions to modern physics.
- His work on Yang-Mills theory is a cornerstone of modern physics.
- Yang played a key role in fostering academic exchanges between China and the US.
- He contributed to China's scientific and educational development, including talent cultivation at Tsinghua.