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1:39:50>> Yeah. Um he died very recently and we have one final photo of Chinese students lined up at Singua University to pay tribute with photos with flowers. Um there was a line to to to pay respects to him. He was a huge deal in China as he should be >> as he should be. >> He he was the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize >> along with Tangali. So, you know, together um but yeah, he's completely transformed physics in the 20th century, right? Um one one could say there's few people that you could say is the father of the standard model, but he'd be one of them.
1:40:30>> Yeah. >> Just it's just what a journey. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> One big story. >> Yeah. >> Uh to one of the goats of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner. I know it was long, but I really had to I mean I I had to share with you all of the things that I I found. I mean, I knew about Young Mills theory, but not to the extent. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> It's just an incredible an incredible life story. It has everything. >> Yeah. >> It has war, love, geopolitics, fundamental research. uh you know those who should have been there with you, those who were not able
1:41:10to be there with you, this this sort of intersectionality like you know globalists everyone's like oh the globalists are terrible I mean you know we are we have now been given this gift uh because again we have allowed smart folks to come in and go to institutions like Chicago, go to institutions like go to Stonybrook um >> and give back something that is just I'm going to be thinking about this one for for some time. This was our one big story >> uh on one of the goats of physics uh Yang Chang Ning uh both on this parody concept conservation
1:41:53of parody and Yang Mills theory Nobel Prize winner. We're going to claim he's a Princonian. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It counts. >> He was there. >> He was there. It counts. >> Guys, there's a picture of him there. I sat where he was sitting. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> So, we'll take the win. Um but in in all sense, >> drank a few beers there on that table, too. >> 100%. Um to to what a wonderful life lived and to and just this is meant to be a love letter to the work. >> Uh and maybe unlocking interest for some listeners who might not have been interested in this area that one day may continue on the legacy and build on the foundation that's been here um or that's been built rather. As always, my name is
1:42:34Lassern Nar joined by my co-host and our resident PhD Krishna Chowdery. Thank you for joining us for this deep dive special episode. We will be back next week. This is from first principles. [music]
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Chen Ning Yang, parity violation, and the birth of Yang–Mills.