BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION

Chen Ning Yang

Hendrik B. G. Casimir

Adelchi Fabrocini

Ian Jauslin

Wei Xiao

The principle of Bose\|Einstein Condensation(BEC) is outlined.The great contribution of E.A.Connell,C.E.Wieman and W.Ketterle who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics,in creating the world's first Bose\|Einstein Condensate is described.New progress in their studies of BEC physics and atomlasers is reviewed,as well as further prospects of for the applications of BEC.