Chen-Ning Yang vs Simone Veil
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Simone Veil (1927–2017) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 90 years, from 1927 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
Simone Veil (1927–2017)
- — Born in Nice, France Verified
- — Deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau Verified
- — Became a magistrate in the French justice system Verified
- — Appointed Minister of Health Verified
- — Enacted the Veil Law legalizing abortion Verified
- — Elected first President of the European Parliament Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified