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C N Yang, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th Century, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957, jointly with T D Lee, for their investigation of the relationship (parity symmetry) between left- and right-handed states, leading to a discovery that astounded the world of physics - the nonconservation of parity by elementary particles and their reactions. With R L Mills, he created the concept of non-abelian gauge theories, the foundation of the modern description of elementary particles and forces. Professor Yang has worked on a wide range of subjects in physics, but his abiding interests have been symmetry principles, particle physics, and statistical mechanics.
In 1999, a symposium was held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook to mark the retirement of C N Yang as Einstein Professor and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, and to celebrate his many achievements. A noteworthy selection of the papers presented at the symposium appears in this invaluable volume in honor of Professor Yang.
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Proceedings of the Yang Retirement Symposium, held at Stony Brook, NY from May 21-22, 1999. Softcover, hardcover listed in approval week 2004-01.
Symmetry and Modern Physics: Yang Retirement Symposium : State University of New York, Stony Brook 21-22 May 1999
Symmetry and Modern Physics: Yang Retirement Symposium : State University of New York, Stony Brook 21-22 May 1999,Alfred S. Goldhaber,C. N. Yang,World Scientific Publishing Company,9812385630,Molecular Physics,Nuclear Physics,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Solid State Physics
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