Chen-Ning Yang vs Jin Yong
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Jin Yong (1924–2018) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 94 years, from 1924 to 2018.
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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
Jin Yong (1924–2018)
- — Born in Haining, Zhejiang province Verified
- — Studied at the Central School of Governance and later law in Shanghai
- — Moved to Hong Kong to work for the newspaper Ta Kung Pao Verified
- — Serialised his first novel, The Book and the Sword Verified
- — Serialised The Legend of the Condor Heroes Verified
- — Co-founded the newspaper Ming Pao Verified
- — Completed The Deer and the Cauldron, his final novel Verified
- — Appointed to the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee Verified
- — Sold his controlling stake in Ming Pao Verified
- — Died in Hong Kong Verified