For immediate release 13 January 1992
Nobel Laureate to Deliver Third Distinguished Lecture in Science
Nobel Laureate in Physics, Professor Chen-Ning Yang, will deliver the third in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)‘s Distinguished
Lecture Series in Science on Friday, 17 January 1992. Entitled “Physics in the 20th Century”, the lecture will provide an’ overview of the revolutions in physical concepts and the technological advances which have transformed the world over the past century. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Born in Anhwei Province of China, Professor Yang is now Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the State University of New York and, concurrently, Distinguished Professor-at-Large at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957 for his work in the field of theoretical physics.
This lecture is part of the “Distinguished Lecture Series in Science” sponsored by HKUST’s School of Science in honour of the opening of the University. The series began in October, 1991, and will end with the seventh lecture in October 1992. The fourth lecture is scheduled for January 29, and will be delivered by Professor of Biochemistry Yuet-Wai Kan of the University of California at San Francisco. Professor Kan is a member of the US National Academy of Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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The featured speaker in February will be Professor Wu-Chung Hsiang of HKUST. Professor Hsiang is a distinguished mathematician, and member of both the Academia Sinica and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Wolf Prize winner Professor Theodor Diener of the Maryland Biotechnology Institute of the University of Maryland will speak in April. Concluding the series will be Nobel Laureate Professor Howard Temin of the University of Wisconsin.
“The best way to learn is to learn from the best,” says Professor Shain-Dow Kung, HKUST’s Dean of Science and organiser of the lecture series. “We have invited the very best people in their fields today. We hope to learn from them; we invite the public to come learn with us.”
