Chen Ning Yang

Chen-Ning Frank Yang
杨振宁
Chen-Ning Frank Yang; 杨振宁
楊振寧 (杨振宁 Yáng Zhènníng)
	Yang in 2005
Born	1 October 1922 (age 102); Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Nationality	Chinese
Citizenship	Republic of China (1922–1964); United States (1964–2015); People's Republic of China (2015–);
Education	National Southwestern Associated University; Tsinghua University; University of Chicago;
Known for	Yang–Mills theory; Landau–Yang theorem; Parity violation; Yang–Baxter equation; Byers-Yang theorem;
Spouse(s)	Chih-Li Tu (1950–2003); Fan Weng (2004–present)
Children	3
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1957); Rumford Prize (1980); National Medal of Science (1986); Benjamin Franklin Medal (1993); Albert Einstein Medal (1995); Bogolyubov Prize (1996); Lars Onsager Prize (1999);
	Scientific career
Fields	Statistical mechanics; Particle physics
Institutions	Stony Brook University; Institute for Advanced Study; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Tsinghua University; University of Chicago;
Doctoral advisor	Edward Teller
Other academic advisors	Enrico Fermi
Doctoral students	Bill Sutherland

Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922),^[1] also known as Yang Zhenning, is a Chinese-born American physicist and mathematician.^[2] He works on statistical mechanics and particle physics. Yang and Tsung-dao Lee received the 1957 Nobel prize in physics.^[3] This was for their work on parity nonconservation of weak interaction.

↑ Bing-An Li, Yuefan Deng. "Biography of C.N. Yang" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-09-11. His birth date was erroneously recorded as September 22, 1922 in his 1945 passport. He has since used this incorrect date on all subsequent official documents.
↑ "Chen Ning Yang". NNDB / Soylent Communications. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved November 1, 2014.