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丁肇中
Samuel C.C. Ting
b. 1936, Ann Arbor, MI
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Physicist. He obtained his PhD from the University of Michigan. He did research at CERN and taught at Columbia
University before moving to MIT. He was awarded the
1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "pioneering work in the
discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind". Ting named the
particle he discovered J (allegedly because the letter J resembles the Chinese character 丁, his surname). |
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崔琦
Daniel C. Tsui
b. 1939, Henan |
Physicist. After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago, he worked for Bell Labs for fourteen years before taking
a position at Princeton University. He won the
1998 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the "discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged
excitations".
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王安
An Wang
b. 1920, Shanghai
d. 1990
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Computer technologist and inventor. Wang held 44 patents. His best known invention made possible the use of
magnetic core memory used in earlier computers. He also founded Wang Laboratories, which initially built desktop calculators before
becoming the leader of office automation systems prior to the introduction of the PC. |
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吳健雄
Chien-Shiung Wu
b. 1912, Shanghai
d. 1997, New York |
Physicist. After receiving her PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, she taught at Smith College and
Princeton University. Early in WW II, she joined the famed Manhattan Project, where she helped develop the uranium enrichement
process needed to build the first atomic bomb. After the war, he taught at Columbia University, she conducted
experiments that confirmed a theory proposed by fellow physicists Chen-Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao
Lee. She was also the first woman president of the American Physics Society. Her awards
include the National Medal of Science and was the first living scientist having an asteroid named after her. |
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楊振寧
Chen-Ning Yang
b. 1922, Anwhei |
Physicist. He obtained his PhD from the University of Chicago. He taught at the
Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. He won the
1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for his part in the "investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to
important discoveries regarding the elementary particles". By winning the Nobel Prize, Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee,
became role models for all science students in Taiwan. |
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丘成桐
Shing-Tung Yau
b. 1949, Guangdong
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Mathematician. He obtained his PhD from UC Berkeley. He taught at several leading
institutions including Stanford and Harvard. He was awarded the Field's Medal, mathematics highest honor,
in 1982 for his many contributions including advances in partial differential equations,
and algebraic geometry. She was also inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. |
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