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'''Tsung-Dao Lee''' (李政道 [[Pinyin]]: Lǐ Zhèngdào) (born [[November 24]], [[1926]]) is a [[Chinese American]] [[physicist]] who, for his work on the [[parity]] laws, with [[Chen Ning Yang]], experimentally verified by [[Chien-Shiung Wu]], received the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]. Lee and Yang were the first Chinese Nobel winners, both were in their early 30s at the time. |
'''Tsung-Dao Lee''' (李政道 [[Pinyin]]: Lǐ Zhèngdào) (born [[November 24]], [[1926]]) is a [[Chinese American]] [[physicist]] who, for his work on the [[parity]] laws, with [[Chen Ning Yang]], experimentally verified by [[Chien-Shiung Wu]], received the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]. Lee and Yang were the first Chinese Nobel winners, both were in their early 30s at the time. |
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With Original hometown [[Suzhou]], [[Jiangsu]], born in [[Shanghai]], [[China]], he studied at a [[middle school]] in [[Jiangxi]]. The first part of his [[university]] education began in the University of [[Zhejiang]], but was interrupted by the war, so continued in the [[National Southwest Associated University]] (西南聯合大學) in Kunming the next year |
With Original hometown [[Suzhou]], [[Jiangsu]], born in [[Shanghai]], [[China]], he studied at a [[middle school]] in [[Jiangxi]]. The first part of his [[university]] education began in the University of [[Zhejiang]], but was interrupted by the war, so continued in the [[National Southwest Associated University]] (西南聯合大學) in Kunming the next year. Lee went to the [[University of Chicago]] in [[1946]]. In [[1953]], he became an assistant professor at [[Columbia University]], and became the university's youngest full professor three years later at the age of 29. |
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After the establishment of [[Sino-American relations|relations with the PRC]], Lee and his wife, Hui |
After the establishment of [[Sino-American relations|relations with the PRC]], Lee and his wife, Hui-Chun Jeannette Chin (秦惠莙 Qín Huìjùn), were able to go to China, where Lee gave a series of lectures and seminars, and organized the China-U.S. Physics Examination and Application (CUSPEA). |
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In 1999, Lee established the Chun-Tsung Endowment Fund (秦惠莙--李政道中国大学生见习基金) in [[Beijing]] in memory of his wife, Chin Hui-Chun, who passed away 3 years earlier. The Chun-Tsung scholarships are awarded to undergraduates, usually in their 2nd or 3rd year, at five universities in China. Students selected for such scholarships are named "Chun-Tsung Scholars" (莙政学者). Chin and Lee were married in 1950 and have two sons: James and Stephen. |
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Lee reads [[whodunit]] novels when he does not work on physics. |
Lee reads [[whodunit]] novels when he does not work on physics. |
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His English given name differs dramatically from the then-existing Chinese Romanizations, such as [[Wade-Giles]] and [[Gwoyeu Romatzyh]]. |
His English given name differs dramatically from the then-existing Chinese Romanizations, such as [[Wade-Giles]] and [[Gwoyeu Romatzyh]]. |
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[[Chien-Shiung Wu]] |
[[Chien-Shiung Wu]] did the experiment which established parity violation proposed by Lee and Yang. |
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Revision as of 02:10, 21 December 2004
Tsung-Dao Lee (李政道 Pinyin: Lǐ Zhèngdào) (born November 24, 1926) is a Chinese American physicist who, for his work on the parity laws, with Chen Ning Yang, experimentally verified by Chien-Shiung Wu, received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Lee and Yang were the first Chinese Nobel winners, both were in their early 30s at the time.
With Original hometown Suzhou, Jiangsu, born in Shanghai, China, he studied at a middle school in Jiangxi. The first part of his university education began in the University of Zhejiang, but was interrupted by the war, so continued in the National Southwest Associated University (西南聯合大學) in Kunming the next year. Lee went to the University of Chicago in 1946. In 1953, he became an assistant professor at Columbia University, and became the university's youngest full professor three years later at the age of 29.
After the establishment of relations with the PRC, Lee and his wife, Hui-Chun Jeannette Chin (秦惠莙 Qín Huìjùn), were able to go to China, where Lee gave a series of lectures and seminars, and organized the China-U.S. Physics Examination and Application (CUSPEA).
In 1999, Lee established the Chun-Tsung Endowment Fund (秦惠莙--李政道中国大学生见习基金) in Beijing in memory of his wife, Chin Hui-Chun, who passed away 3 years earlier. The Chun-Tsung scholarships are awarded to undergraduates, usually in their 2nd or 3rd year, at five universities in China. Students selected for such scholarships are named "Chun-Tsung Scholars" (莙政学者). Chin and Lee were married in 1950 and have two sons: James and Stephen.
Lee reads whodunit novels when he does not work on physics.
His English given name differs dramatically from the then-existing Chinese Romanizations, such as Wade-Giles and Gwoyeu Romatzyh.
Chien-Shiung Wu did the experiment which established parity violation proposed by Lee and Yang.