Ah, who hasn't heard the story of Lee Tsung-dao and Yang Zhenning? These two genius physicists are the pride of our China, and together they have opened the door of the entire physics. But ah, speaking of their rupture, it was really a great tragedy that made people feel distressed! You would never have thought of anything here, so follow me and talk slowly.
Let's start with 1957, when Lee Tsung-dao and Yang Zhenning were golden partners, and together they blew a whirlwind in the physics community. In the laboratory of Colombia University, they discovered that the universe is not conserved, which is not a small matter, and the entire scientific community was shocked by this discovery.
Li Zhengdao, who was 29 years old at that time, was already a full professor at Colombia University, and he was so powerful at a young age, which is really admirable. He has been a particularly ambitious child since he was a child, with a very smart mind and an infinite curiosity and desire to explore the world of physics.
Yang Zhenning is not bad. Like Lee Tsung-dao, he was already dissatisfied with the framework of traditional physics at a young age, and always wanted to break through. These two hit it off, like a natural pair, and together they are going further and further on the road of science.
Their collaboration started off beautifully, the two hit it off, and the research progressed rapidly. But the good times didn't last long, and in 1980, they got into trouble because of the authorship of a paper on the results of non-conservation of universal symmetry. This is not a simple matter, and it involves the complexity of reputation, status and human nature.
There's a key figure here, a female physicist, who was involved in the research at the time, but when the paper was published, the problem arose. Exactly how it should be signed, and who contributed more, has become a big question. You think, this is a big deal about the Nobel Prize, and everyone can't compromise easily.
As a result, this dispute was not resolved properly, and the relationship between Lee Tsung-dao and Yang Zhenning went to a freezing point. The two former good friends and partners have gone their separate ways since then. This event has had a profound impact on them personally, on their scientific careers, and on the physics community as a whole.
Although they have achieved a lot of achievements in each of them, this period of cooperation and division has always been an unavoidable part of their lives. This kind of regret and tragedy is not only their own, but also the entire Chinese nation.
Time flies so fast, so many years have passed since this incident in a blink of an eye, but every time I mention it, it still makes people sigh. The cooperation and break between Lee Tsung-dao and Yang Zhenning is like a wonderful and distressing play, deducing the collision of genius and emotion, and also reflecting the unknown bitterness and difficulties in the scientific community. All this is worth pondering.