A Great Physicist Chen-Ning Yang Passed Away at 103

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Friends from the United States and other English-speaking countries, have you heard of Nobel Prize laureate Chen-Ning Yang?

He was born in China, received higher education in the United States, then obtained American citizenship. Later, he returned to his homeland, China, and regained Chinese nationality, living to be 103 years old.

He passed away in China a few days ago and is being buried in Beijing today. It is said that he was a great physicist, whose achievements can be compared with those of Newton and Einstein. He and his friend Tsung-Dao Lee won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957.

However, in the eyes of Chinese netizens, his achievements in physics are far less well known than his romantic anecdotes. At the age of 82 in 2004, he married a 28-year-old woman from south China's Guangdong province, which caused a great sensation at the time.

Some people mocked him for being an 'old ox eating tender grass,' marrying a girl much younger than his own children; Some people even mocked his wife for wanting to get her hands on his money.
 
Imagine being 103 years old and your peak achievement in life occurred at the age of 38.

Think about how we take his signature achievement for granted nowadays: He and his co-worker proved there is no parity between the left and the right when nuclear interactions occur.

And being married to a woman less than half of his age for 21 years?

An "old ox eating tender grass" is a wonderful analogy.
 
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