Chen Ning Yang

Chen-Ning Yang (October 1, 1922 – October 18, 2025), also known as Yang Zhenning, was a Chinese-born American physicist and mathematician. He worked on statistical mechanics and particle physics. Yang and Tsung-dao Lee received the 1957 Nobel prize in physics. This was for their work on parity nonconservation of weak interaction.

Death
He died on October 18, 2025 in Beijing, China at the age of 103.

Awards
Nobel Prize in Physics (1957)
Rumford Prize (1980)
National Medal of Science (1986)
Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture and Medal (1988)
Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences of the American Philosophical Society (1993)
Bower Award (1994)
Albert Einstein Medal (1995)
Lars Onsager Prize (1999)
King Faisal International Prize (2001)

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