Chen Ning Yang
Professor
Department of Physics
Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University
China
Biography
"Education background BSc Southwest Associated University, China 1942 MPhil Tsing Hua Univerity, China 1944 PhD University of Chicago, USA 1948 Experience 1948-1949 Instructor University of Chicago 1949-1966 Member and Professor Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, USA 1966-1999 Albert Einstein Professor of Physics State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA 1966-1999 Director Institute of Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA 1986-now Distinguished Prof-At-Large The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1993-1998 Director Institute of Mathematical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1998-now Professor Tsinhua University, Beijing, China "
Research Interest
"Elementary Particle Physics Statistical Mechanics Condensed Matter Physics"
Publications
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"1. Field Theory. Most important paper being the one with R.L.Mills, Phys. Rev.96, 191(1954), (establishing Yang-Mills theory) 2. High Energy Phenomenology. Most important paper being the one with T.D. Lee, Phys. 104, 254(1956), (proposing nonconservation of parity in week interactions)"
