Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 Presentation Speech: Yang
The Nobel Foundation provides a fascinating speech by O.B. Klein of the Physics Committee. Elegant, erudite, and fully explanatory of the work of Lee and Yang. His description of a physicist on another planet is very insightful. This is...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Chen Ning Yang
Learn about the Nobel Prize winning physicist who works on statistical mechanics and particle physics.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Chen Ning Yang Biographical
Official Nobel biography of Chen Ning Yang. Emphases on where and when, and on his scientific publications. Little description of his actual scientific work here.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Yang, Chen Ning
A biography on physicist Chen Ning Yang that focuses on his work with Tsung-Dao Lee in which they proved that parity is violated when certain elementary particles decay. The biography also touches upon his education, scientific work, and...