Leo Esaki vs Tsung-Dao Lee
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Compare the life timelines of Leo Esaki (1925–present) and Tsung-Dao Lee (1926–2024) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 98 years, from 1926 to 2024.
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Leo Esaki (1925–present)
- — Born in Osaka, Japan Verified
- — Graduated in physics from the University of Tokyo Verified
- — Joined Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (later Sony) Verified
- — Discovered electron tunnelling in semiconductors and invented the tunnel diode Verified
- — Moved to the United States to join IBM Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Received Japan's Order of Culture Verified
- — Returned to Japan as president of the University of Tsukuba Verified
- — Awarded the Japan Prize 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