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Sad news. Perhaps the last connection to OG physics. I was fortunate to meet Dr Yang a few times. Surreal to hear him describe working for Fermi and Oppenheimer
by dboreham 1y ago
Sad news. Perhaps the last connection to OG physics. I was fortunate to meet Dr Yang a few times. Surreal to hear him describe working for Fermi and Oppenheimer and his reaction on hearing about the Hiroshima detonation.
Some of his work: http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~lxsphys/2021-3-18/The%20conceptual%20origins%20of%20Maxwell's%20equations%20and%20gauge%20theory.pdf http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~lxsphys/2021-3-18/The%20conceptual%...
And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang%E2%80%93Mills_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang%E2%80%93Mills_theory
- hammock 1y ago>Surreal to hear him describe working for Fermi and Oppenheimer and his reaction on hearing about the Hiroshima detonation. What did he have to say?
- dboreham 1y agoIt was a long time ago but I remember Fermi decided that he (Yang) didn't do well at experimental physics, saying "where there's a Yang, there's a bang". My impression was that the atomic bomb wasn't a surprise, with the idea that when the ship arrived he'd enter a new world as a result. He was Oppenheimer's assistant at Princeton. I don't think I knew that at the time, so he must have told me but I don't recall any details. We also had a discussion about Maxwell but his later article on the subject is a much better source than my fading memory.
- frumiousirc 1y agoHe told my advisor in the mid 90's, "neutrinos do not have mass". Shortly thereafter, the Super-Kamiokande ship arrived.
- kwoff 1y ago(re OG physics) Sheldon Glashow is still around, I think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Glashow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Glashow