Chen-Ning Yang vs Tsung-Dao Lee
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 98 years, from 1926 to 2024.
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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
Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024)
- — Born in Shanghai, China Verified
- — Studied physics at National Southwestern Associated University in Kunming Verified
- — Moved to the United States on a Chinese government fellowship Verified
- — Earned PhD from the University of Chicago under Enrico Fermi Verified
- — Joined the faculty of Columbia University Verified
- — Proposed parity non-conservation in weak interactions with Chen-Ning Yang Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Founded the China-U.S. Physics Examination and Application program Verified
- — Died in San Francisco, California Verified