Prof. Yau Shing-tung, a Chung Chi College alumnus and CUHK Distinguished Professor-at-Large, was invited to speak at the College’s 60th Anniversary Founders’ Day Thanksgiving Service on 28 October. Having had a long association with the College and the University, Professor Yau recounted his days on campus and spoke on his expectations for the graduates.


Professor Yau is a mathematics giant who is also well versed in the arts. His speech which combined reason and passion was inspiring. In his book The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions, co-authored with Steve Nadis, a science writer, Professor Yau gave a detailed account of the Calabi-Yau space and string theory. Readers are also given a glimpse of his literary talent by the publication of two poems in the book which merges the abstract spaces of both science and literature.

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