Shiing-Shen Chern

Home > ... > Science and Technology > Mathematics > Mathematics: Biographies > ...

Shiing-Shen Chern

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Shiing-Shen Chern 1911-2004, Chinese-American mathematician, b. Kashing (now Jiaxing), China, D.Sc. Hamburg, 1936. While undertaking graduate studies in China (1932-34), Chern developed what became a lifelong interest in differential geometry . Pioneered in the 19th cent. by Carl Friedrich Gauss in his studies of curves and surfaces, differential geometry received little attention among mathematicians until the 1930s and 40s, but Chern transformed this dormant branch of mathematics into a vibrant area of study. Studying the curvature of surfaces in spaces with more than three dimensions, he devised mathematical quantities that he called characteristic classes—now known as Chern classes—that differentiated different types of surfaces. The fields on which he had the greatest impact, global differential geometry and complex algebraic geometry, are fundamental to many areas of mathematics and theoretical physics, and his work at the foundation of gauge theory and string theory , among the most important developments of modern theoretical physics.

Hide all research tools
Print this article Print all entries for this topic Cite this article Link to this article
Link to this article

CloseClose

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-ChernSS" title="Facts and information about Shiing-Shen Chern">Shiing-Shen Chern</a>

Add this article to Del.icio.usBookmark this article on DiigoShare this article on FacebookSubmit this article to RedditGive this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon
Show all research tools

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

"Shiing-Shen Chern." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 14 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Shiing-Shen Chern." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (November 14, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ChernSS.html

"Shiing-Shen Chern." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ChernSS.html

Learn more about citation styles

PINYIN → WADE-GILES CONVERSION TABLE

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

PINYIN → WADE‐GILES CONVERSION TABLE

A‐luo‐ben

A‐lo‐pen

An Shigao

An Shih‐kao

Baduanjin

Pa‐tuan‐chin

Bagua

Pa‐kua

Bailianzong

Pai‐lien‐tsung

Baimasi

Pai‐ma‐ssu

Baiyunguan

Pai‐yün Kuan

Baizhang Huaihai

Pai‐chang Huai‐hai

Baizhangqinggui

Pai‐Chang‐Ch'ing‐Kuei

Bajiao Huiqing

Pa‐chiao Hui‐ch'ing

Baxian

Pa‐hsien

Bigu

Pi‐ku

Biqiu

Pi‐ch'iu

Biyanlu

Pi‐yen‐lu

Bukong Jingang

Pu‐k'ung Chin‐kang

Caishen

Ts'ai‐shen

Caodong

Ts'ao‐tung

Cao Guojiu

Ts'ao Kuo‐chiu

Caoshan Benji

Ts'ao‐shan Pen‐chi

Chan

Ch'an

Chang

Ch'ang

Chang'an

Ch'ang‐an

Changsha Jingcen

Ch'ang‐sha Ching‐ts'en

Changsheng Busi

Ch'ang‐sheng Pu‐ssu

Channa

Ch'an‐na

Chanzong

Ch'an‐tsung

Cheng

Ch'eng

Cheng Hao

Ch'eng Hao

Chenghuang

Ch'eng‐huang

Chengshi

Ch'eng‐shih

Cheng Yi

Ch'eng I

Cheng Yi

Ch'eng Yi

Chen Tuan

Ch'en T'uan

Chenzhu

Ch'eng‐chu

Chun Qiu

Ch'un Ch'iu

Cunsi

Ts'un‐ssu

Dacheng

Ta‐ch'eng

Dachu Huihai

Ta‐chu Hui‐hai

Dahui Zonggao

Ta‐hui Tsung‐kao

Danxia Tianran

Tan‐hsia T'ien‐jan

Dao

Tao

Daoan

Tao‐an

Daochuo

Tao‐ch'o

Daodejing

Tao‐te Ching

Daodetianzun

Tao‐te t'ien‐tsun

Dao Hongjing

T'ao Hung‐ching

Daojia

Tao‐chia

Daojiao

Tao‐chiao

Daosheng

Tao‐sheng

Daoshi

Tao‐shih

Daoyi

Tao‐i

Daoyin

Tao‐yin

Daozang

Tao‐tsang

Datongshu

Ta T'ung Shu

Daxue

Ta Hsüeh

Deshan Xuanjian

Te‐shan Hsüan‐chien

Di

Ti

Dicang

Ti‐ts'ang

Dongshan Liangjie

Tung‐shan Liang‐chieh

Doushuai Congyue

Tou‐shuai Ts'ung‐yueh

Dunhuang

Tun‐huang

Dunwu rudao yaomen‐lun

Tun‐wu ju‐tao yao‐men lun

Dushan

Tu‐shun

Emei, Mount

O‐mei, Mount

Emito, Mount

O‐mi‐t'o

Fa

Fa

Fajia

Fa‐chia

Falang

Fa‐lang

Fangshi

Fang‐shih

Fang Yangou

Fang Yen‐kou

Fangzhang

Fang‐chang

Fangzhongshu

Fang‐chung shu

Farong

Fa‐jung

Fashun

Fa‐shun

Faxian

Fa‐hsien

Faxiang

Fa‐hsiang

Fayan Wenyi

Fa‐yen Wen‐i

Fazang

Fa‐tsang

Fazhu

Fa‐ju

Feisheng

Fei‐sheng

Fenggan

Feng‐kan

Fengshui

Feng‐shui

Fenyang Shanzhao

Fen‐yang Shan‐chao

Fulu (bai)

Fu‐lu (pai)

Fuqi

Fu‐ch'i

Ge Hong

Ko Hung

Geyi

Ko‐yi

Gong'an

Kung‐an

Gu, Ku

Ku, K'u

Gui

Kuei

Guifeng Zongmi

Kuei‐feng Tsung‐mi

Guishan Lingyu

Kuei‐shan Ling‐yu

Guiyangzong

Kuei‐yang‐tsung

Hanshan

Han‐shan

Hanshu

Han Shu

Han Xiangzi

Han Hsiang‐tzu

Han Yu

Han Yü

Heqi

Ho‐ch'i

Heshang

Ho shang

Heshanggong

Ho‐shang kung

He Xiangu

Ho Hsien‐ku

Hongren

Hung‐jen

Hong Xiuchuan

Hung Hsiu‐ch'uan

Hongzhi Zhengque

Hung‐chih Cheng‐ch'üeh

Huahu Jing

Hua‐Hu Ching

Huainanzi

Huai‐nan Tzu

Huangbo Xiyun

Huang‐po Hsi‐yün

Huangdi

Huang‐ti

Huangdi neijing

Huang‐ti nei‐ching

Huangjin

Huang‐chin

Huanglaojun

Huang‐lao Chün

Huanglong Huinan

Huang‐lung Hui‐nan

Huangquan

Huang‐ch'üan

Huangtingqing

Huang‐t'ing Ching

Huanjing

Huan‐ching

Hua Tuo

Hua T'o

Huayan

Hua‐yen

Hui

Hui

Huichang

Hui‐ch'ang

Huiguo

Hui‐kuo

Huike

Hui‐k'o

Huineng

Hui‐neng

Hui Shi

Hui Shih

Huiyuan

Hui‐yuan

Huizong

Hui‐tsung

Ji

Ki

Jiang Yi

Chiang‐I

Jianzhen

Chien‐chen

Jiao

Chiao

Jie

Kie

Jindan

Chin‐tan

Jing

Ching

Jingde Quangdenglu

Ching‐te Ch'üan‐teng‐lu

Jingru

Chinju

Jingtun

Ching‐t'un

Jinlian

Chin‐lien

Junzi

Chün tzu

Kong

K'ung

Kongzi

K'ung‐tzu

Kou Jianzhi

K'ou Chien'chih

Kuiqi

K'uei‐chi

Kunlun

K'un‐lun

Lan Zaihe

Lan Tsai‐ho

Lao‐Dan

Lao Tan

Laozhun

Lao‐chun

Laozi

Lao‐Tzu

Li

Li

Li Bai

Li Po

Li Bai, Li Taibai

Li Pai, Li T'ai‐pai

Lien‐ch'i

Liangi

Lie Yukao

Lieh Yü‐k'au

Liezi

Lieh‐Tzu

Ligui

Li‐kuei

Li Ji

Li Chi

Linji Yixuan

Lin‐chi I‐hsüan

Li Tieguai

Li T'ieh‐kuai

Liuzidashi

Liu‐tsu‐ta‐shih

Liuzidashi Fabaotanjing

Liu‐Tsu‐Ta‐Shih Fa‐Pao‐T'an‐Ching

Lixue

Li‐Hsüeh

Li Zixu

Li Tsu‐hsu

Long

Lung

Longhua

Lung‐hua

Longhushan

Lung‐hu‐shan

Longmen

Lung‐men

Longtan Zhongxiu

Lung‐t'an Chung‐hsiu

Longwang

Lung‐wang

Lu

Lu

Ludongbin

Lu tung‐pin

Lun Yü

Lun Yü

Luohan

Lo‐han

Luo Qing

Lo Ch'ing

Luoyang

L(u)oyang

Lushan

Lu‐shan

Lüshi Chunqiu

Lü‐shih Ch'un‐Ch'iu

Lüzong

Lü‐tsung

Mafa

Ma‐fa

Mandalao

Man‐ta‐lao

Maoshan

Mao‐shan

Mao Ziyuan

Mao Tzu‐yuan

Mazu

Ma‐tsu

Mazu Daoyi

Ma‐tsu Tao‐i

Mengzi

Meng Tzu

Menshen

men‐shen

Miluofo

Mi‐lo‐fo

Mingdao

Ming‐tao

Mingdi

Ming‐ti

Ming Ji

Ming Chi

Modi

Mo Ti

Mogao Caves

Mo‐kao Caves

Mojia

Mo‐chia

Mozhao chan

Mo‐chao ch'an

Mozi

Mo Tzu

Nanhua zhenjing

Nan‐hua chen‐ching

Nanyang Huizhong

Nan‐yang Hui‐chung

Nanyuan Huiyong

Nan‐yuan Hui‐yung

Nanyue Huairang

Nan‐yüeh Huai‐jang

Neidan

Nei‐tan

Neiguan

Nei‐kuan

Neiqi

Nei‐ch'i

Neishi

Nei‐shih

Nianfo

Nien‐fo

Nieban

Nieh‐pan

Nügua

Nü‐kua

Pangu

P'an‐ku

Pang Yun

P'ang Yün

Pangzhushi

P'ang‐chu‐shih

Peixiu

P'ei Hsiu

Peng Lai

P'eng Lai

Pengzi

P'eng‐tzu

Po

P'o

Pu

P'u

Puhua

P'u‐Hua

Pusa

P'u‐sa

Puteshan

P'u‐t'o‐shan

Putidamo

P'u‐t'i‐ta‐mo

Puxian

P'u‐hsien

Qi

Ch'i

Qian ai

Ch'ien ai

Qian zi wen

Ch'ien tzu wen

Qielan

Ch'ieh‐Ian

Qigong

Ch'i‐kung

Qihai

Ch'i‐hai

Qin

Ch'in

Qingming

Ch'ing‐ming

Qingtan

Ch'ing‐t'an

Quanzhendao

Ch'üan‐chen tao

Rujia

Ju‐chia

Rujia

Ru‐chia

Rujiao

Ju‐chiao

Rulai

Ju‐lai

Sanbao

San‐pao

Sanjia

San‐chiao

Sanjiejiao

San‐chieh‐chiao

Sanqing

San‐ch'ing

Sanshen

San‐Shen

Sansheng Huiran

San‐Sheng Hui‐Jan

Sanxing

San‐hsing

Sanyi

San‐i

Shandao

Shan‐tao

Shangdi

Shang‐ti

Shangqing

Shang‐Ch'ing

Shangqing

Shang‐Ch'ing

Shangzuobu

Shang‐tso‐pu

Shaolinsi

Shao‐lin‐ssu

Shen

Shen

Sheng(‐ren)

Sheng(‐jen)

Shenhui

Shen‐hui

Shenxiang

Shen‐hsiang

Shenxiu

Shen‐hsiu

Shi

Shih

Shiji

Shih‐Chi

Shijie

Shih‐chieh

Shijing

Shih Ching

Shishu

Shih‐shu

Shishuang Chuyuan

Shih‐shuang Ch'u‐yuan

Shiyi

Shih‐i

Shou

Shou

Shoulao

Shou‐lao

Shoushan Shengnian

Shou‐shan Sheng‐nien

Shouyi

Shou‐i

Shu

Shu

Shujing

Shu Ching

Sima Qian

Ssu‐ma Ch'ien

Siming

Ssu‐ming

Sishu

Ssu Shu

Sixiang

Ssu‐hsiang

Sun Wukong

Sun Wu‐k'ung

Suyue

Su‐yüeh

Taiji

T'ai‐chi

Taijiquan

T'ai‐chi‐ch'üan

Taijitu

T'ai‐chi‐t'u

Taipingdao

T'ai‐p'ing Tao

Taipingjing

T'ai‐p'ing Ching

Taiqing

T'ai‐ch'ing

Taishan

T'ai‐shan

Taishang Daojun

T'ai‐shang Tao‐chün

Taishang Ganyingpian

T'ai‐shang kan‐ying P'ien

Taishi

T'ai shih

Taixi

T'ai‐hsi

Taixu

T'ai‐hsü

Taiyi

T'ai‐i

Taiyidao

T'ai‐i Tao

Taiyi Jinhua Zongzhi

T'ai‐i Chin‐hua Ts chih

Taiyue dadi

T'ai‐yüeh ta‐ti

Tanhuang

Tan‐huang

Tanjing

T'an‐ching

Tanluan

T'an‐luan

Tantian

Tan‐t'ien

Taoxin

Tao‐hsin

Taoxuan

Tao‐hsüan

Tian

T'ien

Tianchi

T'ien‐chih

Tian Fang

T'ien Fang

Tiangu

T'ien‐ku

Tianming

T'ien‐ming

Tianshang Shengmu

T'ien‐shang She: mu

Tianshi

T'ien‐shih

Tiantai

T'ien‐t'ai

Tiantiaoshu

T'ien‐t'iao shu

Tianwang

T'ien wang

Tiaoqi

T'iao‐ch'i

Tong Zhongshu

T'ung Chung‐sh

Tudi

T'u‐ti

Tutanzhai

T'u‐t'an chai

Waidan

Wai‐tan

Waiqi

Wai‐ch'i

Wang Anshi

Wang An‐shih

Wangbi

Wang‐pi

Wang Yangming

Wang Yang‐ming

Wei

Wei

Wei Huazun

Wei Hua‐tsun

Weituo

Wei‐t'o

Weizheng

Wei Cheng

Wenchang

Wen‐ch'ang

Wenshushili

Wen‐shu‐shih‐li

Wuchang

Wu‐ch'ang

Wude

Wu‐te

Wuji

Wu‐chi

Wujitu

Wu‐chi‐t'u

Wulun

Wu‐lun

Wumenguan

Wu‐men‐kuan

Wumen Huikai

Wu‐men Hui‐k'ai

Wuqinxi

Wu‐ch'in‐hsi

Wushan

Wu‐shan

Wushih Qihou

Wu‐shih Ch'i‐hot

Wutaishan

Wu‐t'ai‐shan

Wutoumidao

Wu‐tou‐mi Tao

Wuwei

Wu‐wei

Wuxing

Wu‐hsing

Wuzu Fayan

Wu‐tsu Fa‐yen

Wuzhenbian

Wu‐chen Pien

Wuzong

Wu‐tsung

Xian

Hsien

Xi'an

Sian

Xi'an Fu

Hsi‐an Fu

Xiang

Hsiang

Xiangyan Zhixian

Hsiang‐yen Chih‐hsien

Xiantian

Hsien‐t'ien

Xiao

Hsiao

Xiao Jing

Hsiao Ching

Xin

Hsin

Xing

Hsing

Xingqi

Hsing‐ch'i

Xinxing

Hsin‐hsing

Xinxinming

Hsin‐hsin‐ming

Xi Wang Mu

Hsi Wang Mu

Xiyun

Hsi‐yün

Xuansha Shibei

Hsüan‐sha Shih‐pei

Xuantian Shangdi

Hsüan‐t'ien Shang‐ti

Xuanxue

Hsüan‐Hsüan‐Hsüeh

Xuanzang

Hsüan‐tsang

Xuedou Chongxian

Hsüan‐tou Ch'ung‐hsien

Xuefeng Yicun

Hsüeh‐feng I‐ts'un

Xu Gaoseng zhuan

Hsü Kao‐seng chuan

Xun Qing

Hsün Ch'ing

Xunzi

Hsün Tzu

Xutang zhiyu

Hsü‐t'ang Chih‐yü

Yang

Yang

Yangqi Fanghui

Yang‐ch'i Fang‐hui

Yangqizong

Yang‐ch'i‐tsung

Yangshan Huiji

Yang‐shan Hui‐chi

Yangshen

Yang‐shen

Yangsheng

Yang‐sheng

Yangxing

Yang‐hsing

Yangzhu

Yang Chu

Yanqi

Yen‐ch'i

Yanton Chuanhuo

Yen‐t'ou Ch'uan‐huo

Yayue

Ya‐yüeh

Yichuan

I‐ch'uan

Yiguandao

I‐kuan Tao

Yijing

I‐Ching, Yi Ching

Yijing

I‐Ching

Yikong

I‐k'ung

Yingzhou

Ying‐chou

Yinxiang

Yin‐Hsiang

Yinyang

Yin‐yang

Yinyuan

Yin‐yüan

Yixuan

I‐Hsuan

Yongjia Xuanchue

Yung‐chia Hsüan‐chüeh

Yuanqi

Yüan‐ch'i

Yuanshi tianzun

Yüan‐shih t'ien‐tsun

Yuanwu Keqin

Yüan‐wu K'o‐ch'in

Yuanzhuejing

Yuan‐chueh‐ching

Yuhuang

Yü‐huang

Yu Ji

Yü Chi

Yuangang

Yün‐kang

Yungan Tansheng

Yün‐yen T'an‐sheng

Yunji Qiqian

Yün‐chi Ch'i‐ch'ien

Yunmen Wenyang

Yün‐men Wen‐yen

Zengzi

Tseng‐tzu

Zhang Boduan

Chang Po‐tuan

Zhang Daoling

Chang Tao‐ling

Zhang Guolao

Chang Kuo‐Iao

Zhang Jue

Chang Chüeh

Zhang Ling

Chang Ling

Zhang Lu

Chang Lu

Zhangsanfeng

Chang san‐feng

Zhang Tianshi

Chang T'ien Shih

Zhang Xian

Chang Hsien

Zhang Xiu

Chang Hsiu

Zhaozhou Congshen

Chao‐chou Ts'ung‐shen

Zhengguan

Cheng‐kuan

Zhengyi

Cheng‐i

Zhengyidao

Cheng‐i tao

Zhenren

Chen jen

Zhenyan

Chen‐yen

Zhi

Chih

Zhidun

Chih‐tun

Zhi Daolin

Chih Tao‐lin

Zhiguan

Chih‐kuan

Zhiyi

Chih‐i

Zhizhe

Chih‐che

Zhongguoshi

Chung‐Kuo‐Shih

Zhongjiao

Tsung‐Chiao

Zhonglizhuan

Chung‐li Chuan

Zhongyang

Chung‐yang

Zhong Yong

Chung Yung

Zhong Yuan

Chung Yüan

Zhou

Chou

Zhou Dunyi

Chou Tun‐(y)i

Zhou Lianqi

Chou Lien‐ch'i

Zhu

Chu

Zhuangzhou

Chuang chou

Zhuangzi

Chuang‐tzu

Zhuhong

Chu‐hung

Zhu Xi

Chu Hsi

Zi

Tzu

Zi Si

Tzu Ssu

Zong

Tsung

Zongmi

Tsung‐mi

Zongronglu

Ts'ung‐Jung Lu

Zou Yan

Tsou Yen

Zuochan

Tso‐ch'an

Zuowang

Tso‐wang


Hide all research tools
Print this article Print all entries for this topic Cite this article Link to this article
Link to this article

CloseClose

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O101-PINYINWADEGILESCONVRSNTBL" title="Facts and information about Shiing-Shen Chern">Shiing-Shen Chern</a>

Add this article to Del.icio.usBookmark this article on DiigoShare this article on FacebookSubmit this article to RedditGive this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon
Show all research tools

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

JOHN BOWKER. "PINYIN → WADE‐GILES CONVERSION TABLE." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 14 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN BOWKER. "PINYIN → WADE‐GILES CONVERSION TABLE." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (November 14, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-PINYINWADEGILESCONVRSNTBL.html

JOHN BOWKER. "PINYIN → WADE‐GILES CONVERSION TABLE." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved November 14, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-PINYINWADEGILESCONVRSNTBL.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

Free Article California Lottery Winners Share Their Wealth with Charities.
Business Wire; 1/7/2005

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

SHIING-SHEN CHERN
Magazine article from: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...26 OCTOBER 1911 * 3 DECEMBER 2004 SHIING-SHEN CHERN, one of the giants in the history...the U.S. from 1950 to 1999. Chern's work revitalized and reshaped...writing of his historic papers on Chern classes and the geometry of fiber...
Shiing-shen Chern, renowned Chinese-American mathematician, dies at age 93
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/3/2004; 422 words ; ...Chinese-American mathematician Shiing-shen Chern, famed for his breakthroughs in...official Xinhua News Agency reported. Chern died of illness on the campus of...last imperial dynasty, the Qing, Chern graduated from Nankai University...
Math Whiz Shiing-Shen Chern Dies at 93
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/3/2004; 444 words ; ...2004 Dateline: SHANGHAI, China Shiing-shen Chern, a Chinese-American mathematician...Chinese city of Tianjin. He was 93. Chern died of illness on the campus of...last imperial dynasty, the Qing, Chern graduated from Nankai University...

Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/5/2004; 409 words ; ...Crown Point Sparks, Alan Richard, 83, Kentland Smith, Theron L., 79, Portage Deaths elsewhere SHIING-SHEN CHERN SHANGHAI -- Shiing-shen Chern, a Chinese-American mathematician famous for his breakthroughs in differential geometry, has...
Two Chinese Mathematicians Awarded
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 12/7/1998; 323 words ; ...mathematicians today won the sixth Shiing Shen Chern Maths Award, which is used...international mathematics field. The Shiing Shen Chern Maths Award, named after a...been awarded Since the first Shiing Shen Chern Maths Award was given in 1987...
Mathematician Granted Chinese "Green Card"
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 1/26/2000; 345 words ; Shiing-shen Chern, a world- famous Chinese-American mathematician...a municipality neighboring Beijing. Chern, 89, said this was an honor which enabled...U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Chern is also one of the first four foreign academicians...
Of Note
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/7/2004; 361 words ; Shiing-shen Chern, 93, a Chinese American mathematician...of Hamburg, as well as in Paris, Dr. Chern taught in China and in the United States...Nationalists in a long-running civil war, Dr. Chern moved abroad again, first back to Princeton...
International Congress of Chinese Mathematics opens in HK
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 12/17/2004; 700+ words ; ...session gave tribute to Professor Shiing-Shen Chern, honorary president of the ICCM...3, 2004, at the age of 93. Chern is considered one of the greatest...whose major achievements include the Chern characteristic classes in fiber...
Asteroid named after noted mathematician
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 11/1/2004; 472 words ; ...1998CS2 after noted mathematician Shiing-shen Chern (Chen Xingshen) for his outstanding...came as a special blessing for Chern's 93rd birthday, which fell on...Nankai University in Tianjin. Chern celebrated his birthday at his home...
CPC leader visits top mathematician
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/1/2003; 322 words ; ...Lichang paid a New Year call to Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American academician...old mathematician and encouraged Chern to offer more suggestions for the...President Jiang Zemin in 1993, Chern suggested holding an International...

Pictures from Google Image Search

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture

For students and teachers!

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Popular on Newser:

Prejean's Résumé Includes 7 More Sex Tapes

(11/13/2009 10:25:03 PM)

Prejean Sex Tape Leaks...Sort Of

(11/13/2009 4:58:00 PM)

10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits

(11/13/2009 5:37:03 PM)

This Is a $1M Car—in a Lagoon

(11/13/2009 9:45:03 PM)

Wife Poses as Schoolgirl to Nab Husband

(11/13/2009 2:45:00 AM)