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Chen-ning Yang

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Also known as Yang Zhenning, Chen-Ning Franklin Yang, C. N. Yang, C.N. Yang, Yang Chen Ning, Yang Chen-ning, Chen Ning Yang

Chinese physicist (1922–2025)

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Chen Ning Yang, also known as Chen-ning Yang, was born on 1922-10-01 and died on 2025-10-18. He was the father of three children. His Erdős number is 3.

Yang received one Nobel Prize. His work is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1957

    “for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Taiwan
Place of birth
Hefei
Place of death
Beijing
Occupation
theoretical physicist
Educated at
Nankai University
Employer
Leiden University
Languages spoken
Catalan
Native language
Chinese
Doctoral advisor
Edward Teller
Student of
Shiing-Shen Chern
Doctoral student
Bill Sutherland
Field of work
particle physics
Image
Yang.jpg
Number of children
3
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Chen Ning Yang
member of
Japan Academy
date of birth
1922-09-22
Erdős number
3
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language
杨振宁
subject has role
centenarian
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
date of death
2025-10-18
described at URL
baike.sogou.com/v86249.htm
interested in
physics
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Yang Chen-Ning (simplified Chinese: 杨振宁; traditional Chinese: 楊振寧; pinyin: Yáng Zhènníng; October 1, 1922 – October 18, 2025) also known as C.N. Yang and Franklin Yang, was a Chinese-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, particle physics and condensed matter physics.

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