Blackbody Spotlight
The 2nd African American faculty in the history of the Stony Brook Physics Department.
Who is Prof. Raymond Blackwell?
C.N. Yang was born and died in this country.
What is China?
This superhero bends time and space, essentially a master of wormholes.
Who is Doctor Strange?
The force that is enables planes to achieve flight.
What is lift?
His first name.
What is Daniel.
First president of NSBP SBU, and current graduate student at Duke University.
Who is Allen Pierre-Louis, M.S.?
At Stony Brook University, Yang helped establish this center, which focuses on advanced studies in theoretical physics.
What is the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics?
In this TV Show, a particle accelerator accident led to the main character gaining superpowers.
What is The Flash?
This force is responsible for a helium balloon floating in air.
What is the buoyant force?
His career goals.
What is earn a PhD in nuclear physics?
The first African American to earn a PhD in physics from an American University.
Who is Edward Bouchet, PhD?
C.N. Yang received his PhD in 1948 from the University of Chicago, under the mentorship of this legendary physicist.
Who is Enrico Fermi?
This 1985 movie’s time machine required 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to make time travel possible.
What is Back To The Future?
This is an oscillating electric and magnetic field.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
The person who inspired him to explore physics.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
The first African American woman to earn a PhD in physics from an American University.
Who is Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD?
Yang’s work on symmetries and quantum field theory is a cornerstone of this theory, which unifies the electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces.
What is the Standard Model?
This Nobel-winning physicist helped ensure the black hole in a popular movie was depicted correctly.
Who is Kip Thorne?
Fill in the blank: Most cosmic rays are ______.
What is a proton?
His favorite Anime.
What is Naruto?
Who is Prof. Sylvestor James Gates?
This symmetry, once thought to always hold, was shown by Yang and Lee to sometimes be violated in weak nuclear interactions. (1957 Nobel Prize)
What is parity symmetry?
This guitarist in a legendary band has a PhD in astrophysics.
Who is Brian May?
This phenomenon explains why the sky is blue.
What is Rayleigh Scattering?
His favorite Hip Hop artist of all time.
Who is Jay-Z? OR Who is Nas?