Yang Zhenning Writings: A View of People and the World from a Scientific Master

Author: Yang Zhenning
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This book is not a collection of academic papers but is aimed at general readers. Professor Yang Zhenning is one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 with Professor Tsung-Dao Lee. The articles included in this book are not only about scientific discoveries but also more about showing you Yang Zhenning Professor outside of scientific life. For example, his study life, his views on family, his feelings for his country, his friendships with teachers and friends, his effortless comments on ancient and modern artworks, and so on. After reading these plain and easy words, the image of a simple yet great person, a scientist who seeks happiness for humanity, will automatically and movingly appear before us.