Alexander Grothendieck vs Chen-Ning Yang
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Compare the life timelines of Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014) and Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 86 years, from 1928 to 2014.
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Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014)
- — Born in Berlin, Germany Verified
- — Doctorate on topological vector spaces Verified
- — Joined the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques Verified
- — Reformulated algebraic geometry with scheme theory Verified
- — Awarded the Fields Medal Verified
- — Left the IHÉS over military funding Verified
- — Professor at the University of Montpellier Verified
- — Withdrew into seclusion Verified
- — Death in Saint-Girons, France Verified
Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025)
- — Born in Hefei, Anhui Province, China Verified
- — Graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in Kunming Verified
- — Moved to the United States for graduate study Verified
- — Earned PhD from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Published Yang-Mills gauge theory with Robert Mills Verified
- — Proposed parity non-conservation in weak interactions with Tsung-Dao Lee Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became founding director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook Verified
- — Returned to China to join Tsinghua University Verified
- — Died in Beijing, China Verified