
“for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”
Chen Ning Yang is a Chinese-American theoretical physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for a penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws, which led to important discoveries regarding elementary particles. He was affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study.
- Field
- Physics · Particle Physics
- Lifespan
- 1922–2025