The scientific community is deeply saddened by the passing of Chen Ning Yang, a globally revered physicist and Nobel laureate, who died peacefully in Beijing at the remarkable age of 103 on October 18. The news of his demise due to illness was confirmed by China’s state news agency, Xinhua.
Born in 1922 in Hefei, a city in eastern China’s Anhui province, Dr. Yang became a prominent Chinese-American physicist. His illustrious career was dedicated to exploring the fundamental aspects of the universe, with significant contributions to the fields of statistical mechanics and the intricate symmetry principles governing elementary particle physics.
Dr. Yang’s pioneering research was recognized with the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, an honor he shared with his esteemed colleague, Tsung-Dao Lee. Their work left an indelible mark on our understanding of the subatomic world, forever changing the landscape of modern physics.