Hideki Yukawa - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1949
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Hideki Yukawa

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1949
for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces
Citizenship
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Japan Japan
Languages
Japanese
date of birth
1/23/1907
place of birth
Azabu
date of death
9/8/1981
place of death
Kyoto
Lived
74 years
educated at
  • Kyoto University
    • academic degree: bachelor's degree
  • University of Osaka
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
member of
  • Academy of Sciences of the USSR
    • start time: 2/8/1966
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1963
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    • start time: 1961
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 11/1/1960
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 4/25/1963
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 5/3/1961
  • Japan Academy
    • start time: 7/2/1946
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1949
  • American Physical Society
    • start time: 1949
  • Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Indian National Science Academy
notable work
  • pion
  • Yukawa interaction
  • Yukawa potential
doctoral student
  • Carl A. Levinson
  • Shoichi Sakata
  • Chushiro Hayashi
  • Donald R. Yennie
employer
  • Kyoto University
  • Columbia University
  • University of Tokyo
  • University of Osaka
field of work
  • physics
occupation
  • physicist
  • nuclear physicist
  • theoretical physicist
  • university teacher
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