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In [[1955]], he joined 10 other leading scientists and intellectuals in signing the [[Russell-Einstein Manifesto]], calling for [[nuclear disarmament]]. | In [[1955]], he joined 10 other leading scientists and intellectuals in signing the [[Russell-Einstein Manifesto]], calling for [[nuclear disarmament]]. | ||
| − | His theory of meson was the first clear depiction of an aspect of Unification Thought on how external force places place. A proton and a neutron as subject and object partners engage in a give and receive action of a meson, which generates a nuclear force. The proton and neutron switch their positions every time they exchange a meson, strengthening their bond. | + | His theory of meson was the first clear depiction of an aspect of [[Unification Thought]] on how external force places place. A proton and a neutron as subject and object partners engage in a give and receive action of a meson, which generates a nuclear force. The proton and neutron switch their positions every time they exchange a meson, strengthening their bond. |
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Hideki Yukawa FRSE (湯川 秀樹, January 23, 1907 - September 8, 1981) was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese person to win the Nobel prize.
He was born in Tokyo, on January 23, 1907. In 1929, after receiving his degree from Kyoto Imperial University he stayed on as a lecturer for four years. After graduation, he was interested in theoretical physics, particularly in the theory of elementary particles. In 1932, he married Sumiko and had two sons, Harumi and Takaaki. In 1933 he became a professor and an assistant professor at Osaka University, at age 26.
In 1935 he published his theory of mesons, which explained the interaction between protons and neutrons, and was a major influence on research into elementary particles. In 1940 he became a professor in Kyoto University. In 1940 he won the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy, in 1943 the Decoration of Cultural Merit from the Japanese government. In 1949 he became a professor at Columbia University. In 1949 he won the Nobel prize for physics, after the discovery by Cecil Powell of the Yukawa's predicted pion in 1947. Yukawa also predicted K-capture, in which a low energy hydrogen electron could be absorbed by the nucleus.
In 1953 he became the first chairman at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics [1] An honorary doctorate of the University of Paris and honorary memberships of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Philosophy and Sciences, and the Pontificia Academia Scientiarum are granted to him for acknowledgement in science.
He had been an editor at Progress of Theoretical Physics since 1946. He had published many scientific papers and lecture notes, including Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (1946) and Introduction to the Theory of Elementary Particles (1948), both in Japanese.
In 1955, he joined 10 other leading scientists and intellectuals in signing the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, calling for nuclear disarmament.
His theory of meson was the first clear depiction of an aspect of Unification Thought on how external force places place. A proton and a neutron as subject and object partners engage in a give and receive action of a meson, which generates a nuclear force. The proton and neutron switch their positions every time they exchange a meson, strengthening their bond.
External links
- Hideki Yukawa - Biography
- About Hideki Yukawa
- his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces.
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