Home People Distinguished Professor-at-Large

Education:

• PhD, University of Chicago, USA, 1948
• MPhil, Tsing Hua Univerity, China, 1944
• BSc, Southwest Associated University, China, 1942

Position:

• 2004-now, Director, Institute of Theoretical Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 1998-now, Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
• 1993-1998, Director, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 1986-now, Distinguished Prof-At-Large, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• 1966-1999, Director, Institute of Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
• 1966-1999, Albert Einstein Professor of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
• 1949-1966, Member and Professor, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
• 1948-1949, Instructor, University of Chicago

Research Interests:

• Particle physics
• Statistical mechanics
• Conceptual history of theoretical physics

Honours and Awards:

• 2001 King Faisal International Prize
• 1999 Lars Onsager Prize
• 1996 N. Bogoliubov Prize
• 1994 Bower Award
• 1993 Benjamin Franklin Medal
• 1986 National Medal of Science
• 1980 Rumford Prize
• 1957 Nobel Prize

Selected Publications:

• C.N. Yang, "Albert Einstein: opportunity and perception", speech at 22nd International Conference for History of Science, Beijing, 2005, International Journal of Modern Physics A 21, pp.3031-3038 (2006).
• A.C.T. Wu and C.N. Yang, "Evolution of the concept of the vector potential in the description of fundamental interactions", International Journal of Modern Physics A 21, pp.3235-3277 (2006).
• C.N. Yang and M.-L. Ge, "Bethe’s hypothesis", International Journal of Modern Physics B 20, pp.2223-2225 (2006). Scientific and Related Works