Chen-Ning Yang vs Vera Rubin
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Vera Rubin (1928–2016) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 88 years, from 1928 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
Vera Rubin (1928–2016)
- — Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Verified
- — Graduated from Vassar College Verified
- — Married Robert Rubin Verified
- — Earned PhD from Georgetown University Verified
- — Joined the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Verified
- — Provided evidence for dark matter through galaxy rotation curves Verified
- — Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Awarded the National Medal of Science Verified
- — Died in Princeton, New Jersey Verified