Chen-Ning Yang vs Etel Adnan
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Etel Adnan (1925–2021) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 96 years, from 1925 to 2021.
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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
Etel Adnan (1925–2021)
- — Born in Beirut, Lebanon Verified
- — Moved to Paris to study philosophy at the Sorbonne Verified
- — Continued postgraduate study in the United States Verified
- — Began teaching philosophy of art in California Verified
- — Returned to Beirut and worked as a cultural editor Verified
- — Began her lifelong partnership with Simone Fattal Verified
- — Left Lebanon during the civil war Verified
- — Published the novel Sitt Marie-Rose Verified
- — Exhibited at Documenta 13 in Kassel Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified