PHYSICIST
Yang Chen-Ning
1922 - Today
Yang Chen-Ning
Yang Chen-Ning or Chen-Ning Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨振宁; traditional Chinese: 楊振寧; pinyin: Yáng Zhènníng; born 1 October 1922), also known as C. N. Yang or by the English name Frank Yang, is a Chinese theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge theory, and both particle physics and condensed matter physics. He and Tsung-Dao Lee received the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on parity non-conservation of weak interaction. The two proposed that the conservation of parity, a physical law observed to hold in all other physical processes, is violated in the so-called weak nuclear reactions, those nuclear processes that result in the emission of beta or alpha particles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yang Chen-Ning has received more than 519,004 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Yang Chen-Ning is the 163rd most popular physicist (up from 189th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from China (up from 196th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Physicist.
Yang Chen-ning was a Chinese physicist who was most famous for the Yang-Mills theory.
Memorability Metrics
520k
Page Views (PV)
65.73
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
76
Languages Editions (L)
4.03
Effective Languages (L*)
5.35
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Yang Chen-Ning ranks 163 out of 851. Before him are Hugh Everett III, Henry Moseley, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Klaus Fuchs, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, and Louis Néel. After him are Kai Siegbahn, Zhores Alferov, Igor Kurchatov, Gerd Binnig, Joseph Rotblat, and Melvin Schwartz.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsHugh Everett III
1930 - 1982
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 157
Henry Moseley
1887 - 1915
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 158
Nicolaas Bloembergen
1920 - 2017
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 159
Klaus Fuchs
1911 - 1988
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 160
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
1799 - 1864
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 161
Louis Néel
1904 - 2000
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 162
Yang Chen-Ning
1922 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 163
Kai Siegbahn
1918 - 2007
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 164
Zhores Alferov
1930 - 2019
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 165
Igor Kurchatov
1903 - 1960
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 166
Gerd Binnig
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 167
Joseph Rotblat
1908 - 2005
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 168
Melvin Schwartz
1932 - 2006
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 169
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1922, Yang Chen-Ning ranks 31. Before him are Vittorio Gassman, Alain Resnais, Christiaan Barnard, Miguel Muñoz, Stanley Cohen, and Renata Tebaldi. After him are Alain Robbe-Grillet, Telly Savalas, Otto Carius, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Iannis Xenakis, and Nándor Hidegkuti.
Others Born in 1922
Go to all RankingsVittorio Gassman
ACTOR
1922 - 2000
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 25
Alain Resnais
FILM DIRECTOR
1922 - 2014
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 26
Christiaan Barnard
PHYSICIAN
1922 - 2001
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 27
Miguel Muñoz
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 1990
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 28
Stanley Cohen
PHYSICIAN
1922 - 2020
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 29
Renata Tebaldi
SINGER
1922 - 2004
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 30
Yang Chen-Ning
PHYSICIST
1922 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 31
Alain Robbe-Grillet
WRITER
1922 - 2008
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 32
Telly Savalas
ACTOR
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 33
Otto Carius
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 34
Hans Georg Dehmelt
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2017
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 35
Iannis Xenakis
COMPOSER
1922 - 2001
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 36
Nándor Hidegkuti
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 37
In China
Among people born in China, Yang Chen-Ning ranks 158 out of 1,610. Before him are Huo Yuanjia (1868), Emperor Ruizong of Tang (662), Emperor Wen of Han (-202), Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895), Huineng (638), and Shen Kuo (1031). After him are Liu Shan (207), Su Shi (1037), Wang Wei (699), Sun Bin (-401), Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), and Wu Sangui (1612).
Others born in China
Go to all RankingsHuo Yuanjia
MARTIAL ARTS
1868 - 1910
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 152
Emperor Ruizong of Tang
POLITICIAN
662 - 716
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 153
Emperor Wen of Han
POLITICIAN
202 BC - 157 BC
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 154
Khorloogiin Choibalsan
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1952
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 155
Huineng
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
638 - 713
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 156
Shen Kuo
PHILOSOPHER
1031 - 1095
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 157
Yang Chen-Ning
PHYSICIST
1922 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 158
Liu Shan
POLITICIAN
207 - 271
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 159
Su Shi
WRITER
1037 - 1101
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 160
Wang Wei
WRITER
699 - 759
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 161
Sun Bin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
401 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 162
Tsung-Dao Lee
PHYSICIST
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 163
Wu Sangui
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1612 - 1678
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 164
Among PHYSICISTS In China
Among physicists born in China, Yang Chen-Ning ranks 2. Before him are Walter Houser Brattain (1902). After him are Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), Chien-Shiung Wu (1912), Qian Xuesen (1911), Daniel C. Tsui (1939), and He Jiankui (1984).
Walter Houser Brattain
1902 - 1987
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 1
Yang Chen-Ning
1922 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 2
Tsung-Dao Lee
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 3
Chien-Shiung Wu
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 4
Qian Xuesen
1911 - 2009
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 5
Daniel C. Tsui
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 6
He Jiankui
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 7