Yang Zhenning ( 1922—)
& Li Zhengdao (1926—)
Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao both
studied at a university in Kunming. Later,
they both went to Chicago in America and
worked with a famous Italian-American
scientist.
In 1957, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao
won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their
studies on the forces between particles (分子).
They were the first Chinese Nobel
Prize winners. | Ding Zhaozhong (1936—)
In 1976. Ding Zhaozhong received the Nobel
Prize for Physics for his discovery of a whole
new type of particle. He gave his speech at
the award (授奖) ceremony in Chinese.
Nobody had ever done that before.
Ding Zhaozhong Qnly started his formal (正规
的) education when he was 12! When he was
20, he decided to study in America. He
worked very hard and after university, he
became a well-known scientist.
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Li Yuanzhe (1936—)
Li Yuanzhe won the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry for his work in 1986. At school.
Li was an excellent student who also took
part in sports and music. He also liked
reading. He read a book on Marie Curie,
which made him decide to be a scientist.
| Cui Qi (1939—)
Cui Qi received the Nobel Prize for Physics in
1998. At school, Cui Qi's heroes were Yang
Zhenning and Li Zhengdao. When he finished
middle school, he went to study physics at
the University of Chicago just as they did,
and became a professor at Princeton University
in 1982. |
