Chen Ning Yang

@University Of Chicago, Facts and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Chen-Ning Franklin Yang is a China-born American physicist who jointly received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1957 American University Of Chicago Scientists Physicists Libra Celebrities Chen-Ning Franklin Yang is a China-born American physicist who jointly received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1957 with another physicist Tsung-Dao Lee for their remarkable work on the violations of the principle of parity conservation. The duo became the first two Nobel Laureates from China. Yang’s area of work includes particle physics and statistical mechanics. Yang and Lee conceptualised and theoretically established that conservation of parity - one of the basic laws of quantum-mechanics which was earlier considered by physicists to be universal as the law of conservation of electric charge, energy and momentum, is violated in the nuclear procedure that result in emitting alpha or beta particles, that is to say in weak nuclear reagents. This discovery led to important alterations and refinements in the field of particle physics. They suggested that tau-meson and theta-meson, which were earlier thought of to be different particles due to their decaying by modes of differing parity, are actually same (presently called K-meson). Their theory was experimentally confirmed by fellow physicist Chien-Shiung Wu in 1957. Other significant contribution of Yang included development of Yang-Mills theory with Robert Mills that presently forms a major part of Standard Model in physics. His scientific contributions were recognised with several awards including ‘National Medal of Science’ (1986), ‘Benjamin Franklin Medal’ (1993) and ‘Albert Einstein Medal’ (1995) among many others.

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Birthday: October 1, 1922 Nationality: American Famous: University Of Chicago, Scientists, Physicists Spouses: Chi-Li Tu (1950–2003), Fan Weng (2004–present) Known as: Yang, Zhening, Chen-Ning Franklin Yang, Yang Zhenning Universities: University Of Chicago National Southwestern Associated University Tsinghua University University of Chicago Notable Alumnis: University Of Chicago Information Detail Birthday October 1, 1922 Nationality American Famous University Of Chicago, Scientists, Physicists Spouses Chi-Li Tu (1950–2003), Fan Weng (2004–present) Known as Yang, Zhening, Chen-Ning Franklin Yang, Yang Zhenning Universities University Of Chicago National Southwestern Associated University Tsinghua University University of Chicago Notable Alumnis University Of Chicago Birth Place Hefei, Anhui Province, China Gender Male Father Yang Wu-Chih Mother Luo Meng-hua Sun Sign Libra Born in Hefei, Anhui Province, China Famous as Physicist

Hefei, Anhui Province, China

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In 1950 he married Chih-li Tu, a teacher. Their three children Franklin Jr., Gilbert and Eulee were born in 1951, 1958 and 1961 respectively. Unsplash Personal Life

Following death of Tu in 2003, Yang married 28 years old Weng Fan in December 2004. He is an agnostic. Unsplash Personal Life

In 2005 Yang was granted permanent residency in China where he presently resides. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on September 22, 1922, in Hofei, Anwhei, China, to Yang Wu-Chih and Luo Meng-hua as the eldest of their five children. His father served as Professor of Mathematics at ‘Tsinghua University’ in Beijing. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was raised in a serene and academically stimulated environment of ‘Tsinghua University’ campus. He completed his elementary and high school education in Beijing. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Following Japanese invasion of China, in 1937 he moved with family to Hefei and thereafter to Kunming, Yunnan in 1938. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He adopted “Franklin” as his first name after reading autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of US. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After clearing the entrance exam he enrolled at ‘National Southwestern Associated University’ from where he obtained B.Sc. in physics in 1942 completing his thesis on ‘Group Theory and Molecular Spectra’, which was supervised by atomic and nuclear theoretical physicist Ta-You Wu - renowned as "Father of Chinese Physics". Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After completing PhD, he worked as an assistant to Enrico Fermi at the ‘University of Chicago’ for around a year. Unsplash Career

He accepted invitation of ‘Institute for Advanced Study’ in Princeton, New Jersey in 1949, to conduct his research work at the institute. It is in this institute that he got reunited with Tsung-Dao Lee whom he knew from his Kunming days and this union witnessed a fruitful collaboration. Unsplash Career

In 1952 the ‘Institute for Advanced Study’ made him a permanent member and in 1955 he was made a full professor. Unsplash Career

In 1953 Lee left the ‘Institute for Advanced Study’ and joined ‘Columbia University’ in New York City, as Assistant Professor. However Yang and Lee remained closely associated and worked out a regime to meet once a week whether in Princeton or in New York City. Unsplash Career

In 1956 Lee and Yang turned their focus on a subatomic particle called K-meson that was discovered a few years back. The particle which appeared to be distinct confused physicists as it decayed in two different schemes such that the physicists were convinced of existence of two different types of K-meson - theta meson and tau meson. Unsplash Career

Stony Brook University’s newest dormitory building was named after him as ‘C. N. Yang Hall’ in 2010. Unsplash Trivia

Information	Detail
Birthday	October 1, 1922
Nationality	American
Famous	University Of Chicago, Scientists, Physicists
Spouses	Chi-Li Tu (1950–2003), Fan Weng (2004–present)
Known as	Yang, Zhening, Chen-Ning Franklin Yang, Yang Zhenning
Universities	University Of Chicago National Southwestern Associated University Tsinghua University University of Chicago
Notable Alumnis	University Of Chicago
Birth Place	Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Gender	Male
Father	Yang Wu-Chih
Mother	Luo Meng-hua
Sun Sign	Libra
Born in	Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Famous as	Physicist

Chen Ning Yang

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Oct 1, 1922

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Hefei, Anhui Province, China