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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectHideki Yukawa
Dates
January 23, 1907 – September 8, 1981
Authorized Form of Name
Yukawa, Hideki, 1907-1981
Additional Forms of Names
湯川, 秀樹, 1907-1981
Biography
Abstract
Hideki Yukawa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces." He was the first Japanese physicist to be awarded the Nobel Prize.
Important Dates
January 23, 1907Birth, Tokyo (Japan).
1929Obtained M.Sc degree in Physics, Kyoto Imperial University, Kyoto (Japan).
1932 – 1939Lecturer, Kyoto Imperial University, Kyoto (Japan).
1933 – 1939Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Physics, Osaka Imperial University, Osaka (Japan).
1938Obtained Doctorate degree in Physics, Osaka Imperial University, Osaka (Japan).
1939 – 1950Professor of Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto (Japan).
1940Awarded the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy.
1943Awarded the Japan Medal.
1946Founder and Editor, Progress of Theoretical Physics journal.
1947Discovered the pion meson.
1948Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1949Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces".
1949 – 1953Visiting Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1953 – 1970Director, Research Institute for Fundamental Physics, Kyoto Imperial University, Kyoto (Japan).
September 8, 1981Death, Kyoto (Japan).
Occupation
Atomic physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Frautschi, Steven C., 1933-
Advised by Yukawa, Kyoto Imperial University.
Hayashi, Chūshirō, 1920-2010
Advised by Yukawa, Kyoto Imperial University.
Kikuchi, Seishi, 1902-1974
Advisor, Osaka Imperial University.
Maki, Kazumi 1936-2008
Advised by Yukawa, Kyoto Imperial University.
Matsuda, Hirotsugu
Advised by Yukawa, Kyoto Imperial University.
Nishina, Yoshio, 1890-1951
Advisor, Osaka Imperial University.
Sakata, Schoichi
Advised by Yukawa, Kyoto Imperial University.
Teramoto, Ei, 1925-
Advised by Yukawa, Kyoto Imperial University.
Yennie, Donald Robert
Advised by Yukawa, Columbia University.
Additional
Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991
Beck, Guido, 1903-1988
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Heitler, Walter, 1904-
Ivanenko, D. D. (Dmitrii Dmitrievich)
Klein, Oskar
Landé, Alfred, 1888-
Moller, C. (Christian), 1904-1980
Neddermeyer, Seth H. (Seth Henry), 1907-1988
Peters, B. (Bernard), 1910-
Rosenfeld, L. (Leon), 1904-1974
Shapiro, Maurice M. (Maurice Mandel), 1915-
Tamm, I. E. (Igor' Evgen'evich), 1895-1971
Tomonaga, Shin'ichiro, 1906-1979
Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963
Waller, Ivar, 1898-1991
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Institutions
Major Positions
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Visiting Professor.
Kyōto Teikoku Daigaku
M.Sc degree (1929); Lecturer; Professor of Theoretical Physics; and Director of the Research Institute for Fundamental Physics, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Ōsaka Daigaku
Doctorate degree in Physics; Lecturer; and Assistant Professor.
Princeton University
Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Nihon Butsuri Gakkai
Published Progress of Theoretical Physics, which Yukawa founded and edited (now called Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics).
Nihon Gakushiin
Awarded the Imperial Prize (1940).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Alfred Landé autograph collection, 1919-1973.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Development of science in Japan [sound recording] : opening address to the 14th International Congress on the History of Sciences, 1974.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Hideki Yukawa letter to Dmitrii Ivanenko, 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Hideki Yukawa papers, 1933-1938.
Research Institute for Fundamental Physics. Yukawa Hall Archival Library
Kyoto University.
Kyoto, Japan
Oral history interview with Hideki Yukawa, 1962 July 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Richard Feynman papers, 1933-1988.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Subject
Bernard Peters papers, 1947-1992.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Christian Møller papers, 1928-1980.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Columbia University Department of Physics Historical Records, 1862-1997.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Columbia University
Butler Library, 6th Floor East, New York, NY 10027, USA
Igor E. Tamm papers, 1921-1971.
In private hands
contact Tamm family
Moscow
Ivar Waller papers, circa 1912-1989.
Centrum för Vetenskapshistoria
Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien
Stockholm, Sweden
Murray Gell-Mann papers, 1931-2001 (bulk 1955-1993).
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with Carl Anderson, 1966 June 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Emilio Gino Segrè, 1967 February 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Eugene Paul Wigner, 1966 November 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Guido Beck, 1967 April 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John Archibald Wheeler, 1967 April 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Leon Rosenfeld, 1968 September 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Maurice Mandel Shapiro, 1978 May 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Serber, 1967 February 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Serber, 1974 May 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Seth Neddermeyer, 1972 May 30 and 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Theodore Von Karman, 1962 June 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walter Heitler, 1963 March 18 and 19.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Yoichiro Nambu, 2004 July 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oskar Klein papers, 1916-1970.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Shoichi Sakata papers, 1932-1985.
School of Science. Department of Physics. Sakata Memorial Library
Nagoya University.
Nagoya 464, Japan
Tallahassee Democrat obituary notice for Niels Bohr, 1962.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Tabibito = The traveler / Hideki Yukawa ; translated by L. Brown & R. Yoshida.
Subject
Academic Tree: Hideki Yukawa professional relations list.
Linda Hall Library: Scientist of the Day: Hideki Yukawa biography.