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Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981)

AI overview

Q155777 refers to Hideki Yukawa, a Japanese theoretical physicist who lived from 1907 to 1981 and made groundbreaking contributions to nuclear physics. He matters because he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 for his prediction of the meson, a fundamental particle that helps explain the forces holding atomic nuclei together.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1949

    for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Empire of Japan
Place of birth
Azabu
Place of death
Kyoto
Languages spoken
Japanese
Notable work
Yukawa interaction
Field of work
physics
Image
Yukawa.jpg
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name in kana
ゆかわ ひでき
Commons category
Hideki Yukawa
date of birth
1907-01-23
date of death
1981-09-08
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Hideki Yukawa
influenced by
Enrico Fermi
name in native language
湯川 秀樹
significant person
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
ethnic group
Japanese people
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
place of burial
Chion-in Temple
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Hideki Yukawa (Japanese: 湯川 秀樹; né Ogawa; 23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981) was a Japanese theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces."

Early life and education

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