In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within. Chen-Ning Yang analysisangerchina share on social
As I stand here today and tell you about these, I am heavy with an awareness of the fact that I am in more than one sense a product of both the Chinese and Western cultures, in harmony and in conflict. Chen-Ning Yang awarenesschineseconflict share on social
The three discrete invariances - reflection invariance, charge conjugation invariance, and time reversal invariance - are connected by an important theorem called the CPT theorem. Chen-Ning Yang callchargeconjugation Change image and share on social
The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China. Chen-Ning Yang bringchinaculture Change image and share on social
There's a real difference of what one believed was one's chief responsibility between American professors and Chinese professors. This was vividly revealed to me when I compared what I could learn in Chicago and what I could learn in China. Chen-Ning Yang americanbelievechicago share on social
The law of right-left symmetry was used in classical physics but was not of any great practical importance there. One reason for this derives from the fact that right-left symmetry is a discrete symmetry, unlike rotational symmetry, which is continuous. Chen-Ning Yang classicalcontinuousderive share on social
The strongest interactions are the nuclear interactions, which include the forces that bind nuclei together and the interaction between the nuclei and the z mesons. It also includes the interactions that give rise to the observed strange-particle production. Chen-Ning Yang bindforcegive share on social
I was later to receive an excellent first two years' graduate education in the same University and then again was able to pursue my studies in the U.S. on a fellowship from the aforementioned fund. Chen-Ning Yang aforementionededucationexcellent Change image and share on social
The application of group theory to physics became one of the main branches of physics that I specialized in. Chen-Ning Yang applicationbranchgroup Change image and share on social
I think in the sciences there is still the general belief that America is still tops. For America to lose that, I think, would be very bad, not just speaking as a scientist myself. I think it would be very bad for the morale of the whole country. Chen-Ning Yang americabadbelief share on social