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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.
Hideki Yukawa. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949. 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”
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.
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.
A physicist and the first Japanese Nobel Prize winner who explored the world of unknown with a creative mind. From 1933 to 1939, Hideki Yukawa was a lecturer and assistant professor at the School of Science, Osaka Imperial University.
Oct 5, 2021 · Yukawa Hideki became Japan’s first Nobel laureate in physics in 1949. A few years earlier, he struggled between his drive to pursue basic research and the Japanese authorities’...
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1949 was awarded to Hideki Yukawa "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces"
