Nobel Laureate Physicist Tsung-Dao Lee Dies at 97
Lee, a pioneer in particle physics and promoter of US-China scientific collaboration, leaves a lasting legacy.
- Tsung-Dao Lee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for his work on parity violation.
- He played a crucial role in fostering scientific cooperation between China and the United States.
- Lee's initiatives helped train over 900 Chinese physics students in the US through the CUSPEA program.
- He contributed to the development of China's high-energy physics and established significant research facilities.
- Lee's groundbreaking work continues to influence both theoretical and experimental physics.