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Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103


Renowned 1957 Nobel prize winner worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics

Chen Ning Yang, one of the world’s most renowned physicists and a Nobel prize winner, died on Saturday in Beijing at the age of 103 after an illness, state media outlet Xinhua has reported.

Born in eastern China’s Hefei in Anhui province in 1922, Yang was a Chinese-American physicist who worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics.

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Publish date : 2025-10-18 06:57:00

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