MG 14 · 2015
Chen-Ning Yang
Chen-Ning Yang was a Nobel laureate whose gauge-theory work became central to modern particle physics and geometry.
Born
1922, Hefei, China
Affiliation at the Time of the Award
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Prize Motivation
“For deepening Einstein's geometrical approach to physics in the best tradition of Paul Dirac and Hermann Weyl.”
Meeting
MG XIV, Rome, Italy
Work
Gauge symmetry expresses fundamental forces through geometry, linking field theory with the language of connections and curvature.
Yang, with Robert Mills, introduced non-Abelian gauge theory, while his broader work connected symmetry principles to physical law.
Yang-Mills theory became a foundation of the Standard Model and a deep meeting point between physics and geometry.