Chen-Ning Yang vs Leo Esaki
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Leo Esaki (1925–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 100 years, from 1925 to 2025.
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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
Leo Esaki (1925–present)
- — Born in Osaka, Japan Verified
- — Graduated in physics from the University of Tokyo Verified
- — Joined Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (later Sony) Verified
- — Discovered electron tunnelling in semiconductors and invented the tunnel diode Verified
- — Moved to the United States to join IBM Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Received Japan's Order of Culture Verified
- — Returned to Japan as president of the University of Tsukuba Verified
- — Awarded the Japan Prize Verified