19 Quotes by Chen-Ning Yang

Einstein’s theory of General Relativity has a mathematical structure very similar to Yang-Mills theory.

There are only two kinds of math books: Those you cannot read beyond the first sentence, and those you cannot read beyond the first page.

In the latter half of the last century the impact of the expanding influence of Western culture and economic system brought about in China a severe conflict.

I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern science, a part of human civilization of Western origin, to which I have dedicated and I shall continue to dedicate my work.

In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within.

The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China.

Science has become something that everybody knows he has to pay attention to, but not everybody is a believer. So I don't think we should equate science with religion. But, that science is progressively playing a more and more important part in the life of every individual is obvious.

There's a real difference of what one believed was one's chief responsibility between American professors and Chinese professors. This was vividly revealed to me when I compared what I could learn in Chicago and what I could learn in China.

The existence of symmetry laws is in full accordance with our daily experience. The simplest of these symmetries, the isotropy and homogeneity of space, are concepts that date back to the early history of human thought.