Chen-Ning Yang vs Mstislav Rostropovich
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 80 years, from 1927 to 2007.
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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
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007)
- — Born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR Verified
- — Entered the Moscow Conservatory Verified
- — Married the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya Verified
- — Gave the premiere of Benjamin Britten's Cello Symphony
- — Sheltered Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and published an open letter in his defence Verified
- — Left the Soviet Union with his family Verified
- — Music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Verified
- — Stripped of Soviet citizenship Verified
- — Played Bach cello suites at the Berlin Wall Verified
- — Died in Moscow Verified