Physics Nobel Prize Tsung-Dao Lee

Tsung-Dao Lee, the esteemed Chinese-American physicist renowned for his contributions to particle physics, passed away at the age of 97 in San Francisco. He shared the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics with Chen Ning Yang for their groundbreaking work on parity violation, which challenged existing notions about the conservation of parity in weak interactions. Born in Shanghai in 1926, Lee moved to the United States for his studies, earning a PhD from the University of Chicago under Enrico Fermi in 1950. His illustrious career included a long tenure at Columbia University, where he became a full professor at a young age and remained until his retirement in 2012. Lee's death has prompted significant reflection on his dual heritage and lasting impact on scientific education in both China and the U.S.