1956, they jointly published the theory of parity non-conservation, 1957, and they won the nobel prize in physics. This study, once published, is very rare in the world academic circles, which shows how important Yang Zhenning's research is.
Although Yang and Li Yin won the Nobel Prize for their theory of parity non-conservation, they published many important theories, such as Yang-Mills equation. The latter is as important as or even higher than the former to the whole physics.
1994, Yang Zhenning won the Bauer Prize again, this time because of his gauge field theory. We can say that Yang Zhenning is one of the greatest theoretical physicists in the world. His theory is difficult for ordinary people to understand, but in the field of physics, he is a pioneering figure, and his theory will lead later scientists to move on.
Yang Zhenning's Papers and Works
Thesis: About 300 articles have been published in magazines such as Physical Review and Physical Review Newsletter.
Works:
Selected Papers and Remarks 1945- 1980 (English), (Freeman Company, 1983)
Collected Works of Yang Zhenning (Chinese), (Shanghai East China Normal University Press, 1998)
Twilight Collection (Chinese), (Simplified Edition, Beijing Sanlian Bookstore; Traditional Edition, Bafang Culture Workshop, 2008)
On May 20 18, Yang Zhenning and his wife Weng Fan published the scientific paper Dawn Collection.
In addition, there are Query on the Conservation of Parity in Weak Interaction, A Brief History of the Discovery of Fundamental Particles, Forty Years of Reading and Teaching, Science, Education and China Modernization, the Character of Science, Science and Technology in the New Century, Physics in the 20th Century, Symmetry and Physics, etc.