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Hideki Yukawa ForMemRS FRSE (湯川 秀樹, Yukawa Hideki, 23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981) was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate for his prediction of the pi meson, or pion.
Born: 23 January 1907, Tokyo, Japan. Died: 8 September 1981, Kyoto, Japan. Affiliation at the time of the award: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Prize motivation: “for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces”. Prize share: 1/1.
Yukawa Hideki (born January 23, 1907, Tokyo, Japan—died September 8, 1981, Kyōto) was a Japanese physicist and recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Physics for research on the theory of elementary particles.
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Biographical. Hideki Yukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, on 23rd January, 1907, the third son of Takuji Ogawa, who later became Professor of Geology at Kyoto University. The future Laureate was brought up in Kyoto and graduated from the local university in 1929.
Learn about the life and achievements of Hideki Yukawa, the first Japanese Nobel Prize winner in physics for his meson theory. Explore his papers, photos, diaries, and legacy at Osaka University.
May 23, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Hideki Yukawa, the Japanese physicist who predicted the existence of mesons and won the Nobel Prize in 1949. Explore his intellectual development, his role in World War II, and his contributions to theoretical physics.
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Learn about the life and work of Hideki Yukawa, the first Japanese citizen to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for his meson theory of nuclear forces. Discover how he established a new school of theoretical physics in Japan and influenced the development of the Standard Model of elementary particles.
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