C. N. Yang

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Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist theoretical physicist

C. N. Yang is a Chinese-American theoretical physicist renowned for his work on gauge theory and the Yang–Mills theory, which profoundly shaped modern particle physics.

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Chen-Ning Yang	13
C. N. Yang canonical	5
Chen Ning Yang	5
Yang Zhenning	3
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang	2
C. P. Yang	1
Chen-Ning	1
Yang Chen-Ning	1

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instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ
academicAdvisor	Enrico Fermi ⓘ
awardReceived	Albert Einstein Medal ⓘ Franklin Medal ⓘ surface form: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics Dirac Prize ⓘ surface form: Dirac Medal Max Planck Medal ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
citizenship	China ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth	China ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1922-10-01 ⓘ
educatedAt	National Southwestern Associated University ⓘ Tsinghua University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ
employer	Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ Stony Brook University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Chinese ⓘ
familyName	Yang ⓘ
fieldOfWork	gauge theory ⓘ particle physics ⓘ statistical mechanics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
givenName	C. N. Yang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chen-Ning
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom	The Chinese University of Hong Kong ⓘ surface form: Chinese University of Hong Kong Princeton University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ
influenced	Standard Model ⓘ surface form: Standard Model of particle physics modern gauge field theory ⓘ
knownFor	Yang monopole ⓘ Yang–Baxter equation ⓘ Yang–Lee theory ⓘ Yang–Mills theory ⓘ Yang–Yang equation ⓘ gauge theory ⓘ parity violation in weak interactions ⓘ
memberOf	Chinese Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: US National Academy of Sciences
name	C. N. Yang self-link ⓘ C. N. Yang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chen-Ning Yang C. N. Yang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yang Chen-Ning
NobelPrizeField	Physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation	for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear	1957 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hefei ⓘ
positionHeld	director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University ⓘ professor at Stony Brook University ⓘ
residence	China ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith	T. D. Lee ⓘ surface form: Tsung-Dao Lee

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Nanjing University → hasNotableAlumni → C. N. Yang ⓘ

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Wu Ta-You → notableStudent → C. N. Yang ⓘ

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Wu experiment → associatedScientist → C. N. Yang ⓘ

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Experimental test of parity conservation in beta decay → confirmedHypothesisOf → C. N. Yang ⓘ

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