The second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, Shanghai-born Tsung-Dao Lee was professor of physics at Columbia University
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The second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, Shanghai-born Tsung-Dao Lee was professor of physics at Columbia University
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National Archives Identifier: 594249
Full Citation: 306-PSD-60-15838; Photograph of Nobel Prize Winner in Physics Tsung-Dao Lee; 1957; Master File Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Personalities, World Events, and American Economic, Social, and Cultural Life, ca. 1953–ca. 1994; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/nobel-prize-winner-physics-tsungdao-lee/, March 2, 2026]
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