Tsung-Dao Lee - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1957
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Tsung-Dao Lee

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1957
for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles
Together with: Chen-ning Yang
Citizenship
Taiwan Taiwan Republic of China Republic of China United States United States
Languages
English, Chinese
date of birth
11/24/1926
place of birth
Shanghai
date of death
8/4/2024
place of death
San Francisco
Lived
97 years

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member of
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1972
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1964
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 12/5/1984
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • The World Academy of Sciences
  • Academia Sinica
  • Committee of 100
  • American Physical Society
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
doctoral student
  • Richard M. Friedberg
  • Norman Christ
  • Gerald Feinberg
field of work
  • particle physics
  • physics
  • theoretical physics
notable work
  • Lee–Yang theorem
  • Lee–Yang theory
  • CUSPEA
  • Question of Parity Conservation in Weak Interactions
occupation
  • theoretical physicist
  • physicist
  • university teacher
employer
  • Zhejiang University
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Columbia University
work location
  • People's Republic of China
educated at
  • Zhejiang University
  • University of Chicago
  • Nankai University
  • National Southwestern Associated University
  • Tsinghua University
  • Peking University
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