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Education

1. BSc, Southwest Associated University, China, 1942
   
2. MPhil, Tsing Hua Univerity, China, 1944
   
3. PhD, University of Chicago, USA, 1948
   

Position

1. 1948-1949, Instructor, University of Chicago
2. 1949-1966, Member and Professor, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
3. 1966-1999, Albert Einstein Professor of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
4. 1966-1999, Director, Institute of Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
5. 1986-now, Distinguished Prof-At-Large, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
6. 1993-1998, Director, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
7. 1998-now, Professor, Tsinhua University, Beijing, China

Awards

1. 1957 Nobel Prize
2. 1980 Rumford Prize
3. 1986 National Medal of Science
4. 1993 Benjamin Franklin Medal
5. 1994 Bower Award
6. 1996 N. Bogoliubov Prize
7. 1999 Lars Onsager Prize
8. 2001 King Faisal International Prize

Research Fields

1. Particle physics
2. Statistical mechanics
3. Conceptual history of theoretical physics

Publications

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. C.N. Yang and M.-L. Ge
   "Bethe¡¦s hypothesis", International Journal of Modern Physics B 20, pp.2223-2225 (2006).

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