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The living record of scientific history : conversations with CN Yang

Yang, Chen Ning, 1922- interviewee, Ji, Lizhen, 1964- interviewer, Wang, Liping, interviewer, Song, Yi (Translator), translator

2025

Overview

Professor Chen-Ning Yang is best known for his achievements in Physics. He has also made significant contributions to the development of mathematics, as mathematics is extensively used in his research. In his long and fruitful academic career, he has witnessed many important events in the fields of Physics and Mathematics, and has collaborated or interacted with many great scientists in history. This book records eight interviews with Professor Chen-Ning Yang, which were conducted by the authors from 2016 to 2019. Through Professor Yang's unique perspective, major scientific events in the 20th century were revisited vividly, elaborating the development and mutual influences of mathematics and physics, as well as unveiling the academic work, the daily lives, and the personalities of scientists, as well as their collaboration and competition, some stories unknown to the public before are also revealed in this book.

• Publisher: World Scientific
• Subject: Yang, Chen Ning, 1922- Interviews. / Physicists China Interviews. / Science History.
• ISBN: 9789811284939, 9811284938

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