Quote of the day
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
Chen-Ning Yang
Born: October 1, 1922
Died: October 18, 2025 (aged 103)
Bio: Chen-Ning Franklin Yang, also known as Yang Zhenning, was a Chinese-born American physicist who worked on statistical mechanics and particle physics. He and Tsung-dao Lee received the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on parity nonconservation of weak interaction.
Known for:
- Selected papers (1945-1980), with commentary (1983)
- Elementary particles (1961)
- Selected Papers II, with Commentaries (2013)







