Chen Ning Yang
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1 (of 6) Chen Ning Yang receiving his Nobel Prize in Physics at the Nobel Prize award ceremony on 10 December 1957.
Photo credit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 (of 6) The 1957 Nobel Prize laureates assembled onstage for the Nobel Prize award ceremony on 10 December. From left: Physics laureates Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, chemistry laureate Lord Todd, medicine laureate Daniel Bovet and literature laureate Albert Camus.
Photo credit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
3 (of 6) The Nobel Prize medal of Chen Ning Yang.
Photo credit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
4 (of 6) Chen Ning Yang at the Nobel Prize banquet 10 December 1957.
Unknown photographer (Svenska Daglabdet), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
5 (of 6) Chen Ning Yang at his office at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
Photo: Institute for Advanced Study/Alan Richards.
6 (of 6) Nobel Laureates in Physics assembled at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Standing (left to right): 1980 Laureates Val L. Fitch and James W. Cronin, and 1976 Laureate Samuel C.C. Ting. Sitting (left to right): 1957 Laureate Chen Ning Yang and 1944 Laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi.
Photo: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 14 laureates' work and discoveries range from quantum tunnelling to promoting democratic rights.
See them all presented here.