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Chen-ning Yang

1922–2025

Chen-ning Yang (1922–2025) was a Chinese-American theoretical physicist renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to statistical mechanics, gauge theory, and particle physics. He shared the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics with Tsung-Dao Lee for their work on parity violation, and his formulation of the Yang-Mills theory revolutionized modern physics. A professor at Stony Brook University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yang was also a public intellectual who engaged deeply with the history and philosophy of science.

Physics

Selected Papers 1945–1980 with Commentary
The Theory of Weak Interactions (with Tsung-Dao Lee)
Gauge Fields: A Modern Introduction (with Robert Mills)
Symmetry and Modern Physics
The Future of Physics: A Personal View
Nobel Lecture: The Law of Parity Conservation and Other Symmetry Laws
Interviews in The New York Times and Scientific American

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