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part of the "Lecture Series for Youth Leaders", Professor YANG
Chen-ning was invited to be a Guest Speaker to share his experiences with
over 400 local youths. |
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"…To be successful, one should be very clear about one's own talents
and then strive for its development.… Young people should read extensively
and develop broad interests…" |
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"Professor Yang also shared with the youth audience the traditional
Chinese wisdom of learning --- To know what you know and what you don't."
(Ta Kung Pao, 4 May, 2001) |
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"When replied to a student's question on his most successful achievement
besides academic excellence, Professor Yang remarked: '…to help Chinese
people overcome low self-esteem."(Wen Wei Po, 4 May, 2001)
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Professor
YANG Chen-ning's Background |
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Professor YANG was born in Anhui, China, 1922. He obtained his Master Degree
in Qinghua University, China and furthered his studies in the United States
and obtained his PhD from The University of Chicago in 1948. He was the
member and Professor of the Institute of Advanced Study at the Princeton
University of the United States, Albert Einstein Professor of Physics at
the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the United States. He became
the Professor of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the Chinese University
of Hong Kong since 1986.
In 1957, Professor YANG Chen-ning and Professor Li Zheng-dao
toppled the Parity Conservation Theory of Einstein and won the Nobel Laureate
in Physics. Their outstanding achievement was highly appraised and regarded
as a milestone in Physics. Professor YANG had made remarkable contributions
in Physics and won many other international awards including, National
Medal of Science, Benjamin Franklin Medal and King Faisal International
Prize, etc.
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