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Chen-Ning Yang

American Physicist

Born: Oct 1, 1922

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Related authors: Brian Greene Edward Teller Freeman Dyson J. Robert Oppenheimer Lawrence M. Krauss Martin H. Fischer Michio Kaku Richard P. Feynman

The law of right-left symmetry was used in classical physics but was not of any great practical importance there. One reason for this derives from the fact that right-left symmetry is a discrete symmetry, unlike rotational symmetry, which is continuous. Chen-Ning Yang

Great Physics Law Unlike Classical Fact Importance Practical Continuous Discrete Any Which Used Derives Reason Symmetry

The existence of symmetry laws is in full accordance with our daily experience. The simplest of these symmetries, the isotropy and homogeneity of space, are concepts that date back to the early history of human thought. Chen-Ning Yang

In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within. Chen-Ning Yang

The strongest interactions are the nuclear interactions, which include the forces that bind nuclei together and the interaction between the nuclei and the z mesons. It also includes the interactions that give rise to the observed strange-particle production. Chen-Ning Yang

Together Rise Strongest Give Observed Between Also Forces Interaction Interactions Which Production Include Bind Nuclear

The three discrete invariances - reflection invariance, charge conjugation invariance, and time reversal invariance - are connected by an important theorem called the CPT theorem. Chen-Ning Yang

Time Reflection Three Important Charge Reversal Discrete Theorem Connected

The application of group theory to physics became one of the main branches of physics that I specialized in. Chen-Ning Yang

Physics Group Main Became Branches Theory Specialized Application

There's a real difference of what one believed was one's chief responsibility between American professors and Chinese professors. This was vividly revealed to me when I compared what I could learn in Chicago and what I could learn in China. Chen-Ning Yang

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I think in the sciences there is still the general belief that America is still tops. For America to lose that, I think, would be very bad, not just speaking as a scientist myself. I think it would be very bad for the morale of the whole country. Chen-Ning Yang

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