The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957

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src="/web/20180615032541im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1957/yang.jpg" alt="Chen Ning Yang" border="0"></a> <div class="image_copyright"></div> <p style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px !important;">Chen Ning Yang</p><p style="font-size: 11px"><strong>Prize share:</strong> 1/2</p></div> <div class="large-4 columns"> <a href="lee.html"><img src="/web/20180615032541im_/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1957/lee.jpg" alt="Tsung-Dao (T.D.) 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