The book of prophecy

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IN 1959, when Chen Ning Yang and Tsnng-Dao Lee, two

American physicists of Chinese origin, were thinking of ways

of following up the experiments that had brought them the

Nobel Prize in physics, they did something that many people

would regard as highly unusual. Using the traditional yarrow

sticks and an age-old ritual, Yang and Lee consulted the

I Ching, an ancient Chinese book of prophecy. The question

they asked was, "Is there going to be a breakthrough in par-

ticle physics in thc next two years?" and the answer they got

was highly appropriate: "Development. The maiden is given

in marriage. Good fortune. Perseverance furthers." Thus

fortified, Yang and Lec continued their efforts.