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Yu Min | |||||||
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于敏 | |||||||
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| Born | 16 August 1926 | ||||||
| Died | 16 January 2019 (aged 92) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Education | Peking University | ||||||
| Spouse | Sun Yuqin | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| Awards | Highest Science and Technology Award (2014) Medal of the Republic (2019, posthumously) | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Nuclear physics | ||||||
| Institutions | Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | ||||||
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| Chinese | 于敏 | ||||||
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Yu Min (Chinese: 于敏; pinyin: Yú Mǐn; 16 August 1926 – 16 January 2019) was a prominent Chinese nuclear physicist, an academic of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a lead nuclear weapon designer in the Ninth Academy, and a recipient of Two Bombs, One Satellite Achievement Medal. Though he personally refused to accept the title, he is honored as “the father of [the] Chinese Hydrogen Bomb”.[1]
- ^ 两弹一星元勋:于敏 [Bombs and one satellite fathers: Yu Min] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-06-11.