Chen-Ning Yang vs Stan Lee
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Stan Lee (1922–2018) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 96 years, from 1922 to 2018.
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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
Stan Lee (1922–2018)
- — Born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York City Verified
- — Hired as an assistant at Timely Comics Verified
- — First published work under the name Stan Lee Verified
- — Served in the United States Army Verified
- — Married Joan Clayton Boocock Verified
- — Co-created the Fantastic Four with Jack Kirby Verified
- — Co-created Spider-Man with Steve Ditko Verified
- — Became publisher of Marvel Comics Verified
- — Moved to California Verified
- — Died in Los Angeles Verified