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Dianzhou, Zhang, The biography of Shiing-Shen Chern, Tianjin, Nankai University Press, 2004.
Wentsun Wu, Molin Ge, Shiing-Shen Chern and Chinese mathematics, Tianjin, Nankai University Press, 2007.
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Further reading about S. S. Chern is available at http://www.ams.org/notices/201109/rtx110901226p.pdf
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Meng, L. Shiing-Shen Chern at Nankai University. Math Intelligencer 36, 75–78 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-014-9479-8
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