Chen Ning Yang

Chen Ning Yang

Nobel Prize in Physics 1957

Institute for Advanced Study

“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