Chen-Ning Yang vs Har Gobind Khorana
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Har Gobind Khorana (1922–2011) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 89 years, from 1922 to 2011.
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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
Har Gobind Khorana (1922–2011)
- — Born in Raipur, Punjab, British India Verified
- — Earned degrees at Punjab University, Lahore Verified
- — Earned PhD at the University of Liverpool Verified
- — Joined the University of British Columbia Verified
- — Moved to the University of Wisconsin Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified
- — Appointed professor at MIT Verified
- — Reported first synthesis of a functional gene Verified
- — Died in Concord, Massachusetts Verified