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Tsung-Dao Lee

Chinese-American physicist (1926-2024) · United States · Scientists · Died at 97

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Tsung-Dao Lee was a Chinese-American physicist known for his work on parity violation, the Lee-Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars.

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2024Died4 August 20242009Great Immigrants AwardAward1995Matteucci MedalAward1993Oskar Klein MedalAward1985Honorary Doctor of the Peking UniversityAward1966Guggenheim FellowshipAward1957Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward1926Born24 November 1926

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Chien-Shiung Wu, designer of the Wu experiment that violated parityChien-Shiung Wu, designer of the Wu experiment that violated parityTsung-Dao Lee at a conference in Tsinghua University, 2006Tsung-Dao Lee at a conference in Tsinghua University, 2006

Awards

Great Immigrants Award2009
Matteucci Medal1995
Oskar Klein Medal1993
Honorary Doctor of the Peking University1985
Guggenheim Fellowship1966
Nobel Prize in Physics1957
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Tsung-Dao Lee was a Chinese-American physicist known for his work on parity violation, the Lee-Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars. He was a university professor emeritus at Columbia University in New York City, where he taught from 1953 until his retirement in 2012.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2024 · aged 97

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Yoichiro NambuBoth received Oskar Klein MedalFreeman DysonBoth received Matteucci MedalGerard 't HooftBoth received Oskar Klein MedalTheodor W. HänschBoth received Matteucci MedalFrank WilczekBoth received Oskar Klein MedalClaude Cohen-TannoudjiBoth received Matteucci Medal

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