Chen-Ning Yang vs Stephanie Kwolek
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 91 years, from 1923 to 2014.
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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
Stephanie Kwolek (1923–2014)
- — Born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania Verified
- — Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University Verified
- — Joined DuPont Verified
- — Invented Kevlar Verified
- — Retired from DuPont Verified
- — Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame Verified
- — Awarded the National Medal of Technology Verified
- — Died in Wilmington, Delaware Verified