19
Deane Yang (Polytechnic Institute of New York University), e-mail letter to author, April 20, 2009.
20
Mlodinow, Euclid's Window, p. 205.
21
Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe (New York: Vintage Books, 2000), p. 231.
22
C. N. Yang. “Albert Einstein: Opportunity and Perception,” speech, 22nd International Conference on the History of Science, Beijing, China, 2005.
23
Chen Ning Yang, “Einstein’s Impact on Theoretical Physics in the 21st Century,” AAPPS Bulletin 15 (February 2005).
24
Greene, The Elegant Universe, p. 72.
25
Robert Greene (UCLA), interview with author, March 13, 2008.
26
Lizhen Ji and Kefeng Liu, “Shing-Tung Yau: A Manifold Man of Mathematics,” Proceedings of Geometric Analysis: Present and Future Conference, Harvard University, August 27-September 1, 2008.