Chen-Ning Yang vs Shimon Peres
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Shimon Peres (1923–2016) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 93 years, from 1923 to 2016.
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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
Shimon Peres (1923–2016)
- — Born in Wiszniew, Poland Verified
- — Emigrated with his family to Mandatory Palestine Verified
- — Married Sonya Gelman Verified
- — Appointed director-general of the Israeli Ministry of Defense Verified
- — Elected to the Knesset for the first time Verified
- — Served as Prime Minister of Israel in a rotation government Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Verified
- — Became prime minister again after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin Verified
- — Served as the ninth President of Israel Verified
- — Died in Ramat Gan Verified