Nobel Prize in Physics 1957
Nobel Prize in Physics 1957
Photo: Alan W. Richards, Princeton University. Nobel Foundation archive
Chen Ning Yang
Prize share: 1/2
Photo: Alan W. Richards, Princeton University. Nobel Foundation archive
Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 was awarded jointly to Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee "for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles"
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