The scientific world mourns the loss of Chen Ning Yang, a towering figure in modern physics and co-recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics alongside TD Lee, who passed away at 103 on Saturday.

In a tribute to the legendary physicist, Congress leader and author Jairam Ramesh highlighted not only Yang’s monumental scientific achievements but also his formative academic years.

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Yang, who studied and taught at Tsinghua University, died in Beijing due to illness. His groundbreaking collaboration with Lee began as students at the University of Chicago, where they both attended a famed 1948 astronomy course led by future Nobel laureate S. Chandrasekhar. This course, steeped in scientific excellence with attendees like Enrico Fermi and Richard Garwin, played a pivotal role in

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