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Born November 24, 1926 • Shanghai • China • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died August 4, 2024 (aged 97) • San Francisco • California
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1957)
Subjects Of Study K meson • charge conjugation • parity • subatomic particle • weak interaction

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