Chen-Ning Yang vs Günter Grass
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Günter Grass (1927–2015) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 88 years, from 1927 to 2015.
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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
Günter Grass (1927–2015)
- — Born in the Free City of Danzig Verified
- — Conscripted into the Waffen-SS Verified
- — Wounded and taken prisoner by United States forces Verified
- — Studied sculpture and graphics in Düsseldorf Verified
- — Married the Swiss dancer Anna Margareta Schwarz Verified
- — Published Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) Verified
- — Married Ute Grunert Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — Disclosed his Waffen-SS service Verified
- — Died in Lübeck, Germany Verified