Yu Min (physicist)
Yu Min | |||||||
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于敏 | |||||||
| 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) | ||||||
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| 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. He was 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”.
Yu was posthumously bestowed the Medal of the Republic, the highest honorary medal of the People's Republic of China, in September 2019.