Yang Zhenning is indeed more famous than Li Zhengdao. Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao cooperated to complete the "parity non-conservation". Only by virtue of this contribution, they immediately won the Nobel Prize in Physics. At that time, Wu Jianxiong should have won the prize at the same time, but because she was a woman, she was biased by sex ... so it's a pity. "Parity is not conserved" is a very important discovery, which overthrew 30 years of scientific knowledge.

In order to compete for the "first person" of this discovery, Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning had some contradictions. However, we can basically be sure now that Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning could not have made this contribution independently at that time, and they could not have left anyone. It doesn't matter who is the "first".

Since Li Zhengdao won the Nobel Prize, he has never made any major academic innovation, and gradually tends to be dull. Yang Zhenning thinks that he is "a very clever physicist with strong absorption ability and works very hard." But insight and mathematical ability are slightly inferior. "

Yang Zhenning, on the other hand, became more and more brave, and made continuous gains in the fields of cold atoms, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and field theory. In addition, Yang -M field was recognized, and the achievements of the 65,438+00 Nobel Prize winners came from this, making it famous. Therefore, Li Xin, editor-in-chief of Sanlian Bookstore, said that Yang Zhenning doesn't have to care about the first attribution of "parity non-conservation" because his scientific achievements have already surpassed the height of "parity non-conservation". For example, the position of the city composition contest does not need the champion of the national composition contest to compete.

But scientific contribution alone is not enough for Yang Zhenning to gain great social influence. Yang Zhenning is famous because he is an outstanding social activist. According to Academician Hua Tuo, Yang Zhenning is the most influential diplomat and has made great contributions to enhancing the friendship between China and other countries in the world.

For example, Yang Zhenning frequently visited China at 197 1, which was an "ice-breaking trip" and caused a sensation all over the world. After him, a large number of overseas scientists began to return home. After Yang Zhenning returned to the United States, he gave more than 70 speeches in American universities, and said a lot of nice things to China, which clarified many people's misunderstandings about us.

Yang Zhenning is also the founder and the first chairman of the All-China Chinese Association. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Association led millions of China people to actively participate in and promote Sino-US cooperation, with great influence.

As the founder and president, Yang Zhenning has published full-page articles in famous American newspapers many times, demanding that Washington must attach importance to its relations with China, give up confrontation and take the road of cooperation. He also urged the President to put the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on the agenda as soon as possible. When Mr. Deng visited the United States, Yang Zhenning personally organized a welcome party and was the first to give a speech at the welcome banquet of more than 800 people.

Yang Zhenning is also the initiator and leader of an international organization to protect a small island, and has repeatedly publicly testified for China's territorial ownership in the Senate and courts.

Yang Zhenning also set up a foundation in 1977 and began to organize domestic students to go to American universities for further study. Tuition and living expenses are free, and most of them return to China. Thousands of people have benefited so far.

Therefore, Yang Zhenning is not only a scientist, but also a very powerful diplomat. Compared with Yang Zhenning, Li Zhengdao is slightly low-key. This is mainly because of their different personalities. There is nothing wrong with being an extrovert and an introvert, but Yang Zhenning has a better life.