Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, died on Sunday (August 4, 2024) at his home in San Francisco at age 97, according to a Chinese university and a research centre. Prof. Lee, a naturalised U.S. citizen since 1962, was also a professor emeritus at Columbia University in New York. Robert Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, once praised Prof. Lee as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of the time, whose work showed “remarkable freshness, versatility and style”. Between 1946 and 1950, he studied at the University of Chicago under Enrico Fermi, a Nobel laureate in physics. At 31, Prof. Lee was the second-youngest scientist to receive the distinction.

Source: The Hindu August 06, 2024 23:41 UTC