Chen-Ning Yang vs Lotfi A. Zadeh
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 95 years, from 1922 to 2017.
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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
Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017)
- — Born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR Verified
- — Family moved from Baku to Tehran Verified
- — Graduated in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran Verified
- — Emigrated to the United States Verified
- — Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Verified
- — Doctorate from Columbia University Verified
- — Joined the University of California, Berkeley Verified
- — Published the paper "Fuzzy sets" Verified
- — Introduced possibility theory Verified
- — Died in Berkeley, California Verified