Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, a Nobel laureate known for his groundbreaking work in particle physics, passed away at his home in San Francisco at the age of 97. Lee, who was born in Shanghai in 1926, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1962 and was a professor emeritus at Columbia University in New York.
Lee's contributions to the field of physics were widely recognized, with Robert Oppenheimer praising him as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of his time. His research spanned various areas including elementary particles, statistical mechanics, astrophysics, and field theory.
