Yoshio Nishina

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Japanese physicist human physicist

Yoshio Nishina was a pioneering Japanese physicist often regarded as the father of modern physics research in Japan, known for his foundational work in quantum electrodynamics and nuclear physics.

Aliases (2)

Sin-Itiro ×1
仁科芳雄 ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese physicist → human → physicist →
awardReceived	Order of Culture (Japan) →
birthDate	1890-12-06 →
burialPlace	Japan →
coAuthor	Oskar Klein →
collaboratedWith	Niels Bohr → Werner Heisenberg →
contributedTo	development of Japanese nuclear research infrastructure →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	1951-01-10 →
educatedAt	University of Tokyo →
employer	RIKEN →
era	20th-century physics →
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics → physics → quantum electrodynamics →
founded	Nishina Laboratory →
hasHonorificName	Nishina Memorial Prize (named in his honor) →
hasNickname	father of modern physics research in Japan →
influenced	Hideki Yukawa → Japanese theoretical physics community → Sin-Itiro Tomonaga →
knownFor	Klein–Nishina formula for Compton scattering → foundational work in quantum electrodynamics → pioneering research in nuclear physics →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Japanese →
legacy	Nishina Memorial Prize in physics →
memberOf	Imperial Academy of Japan →
name	Yoshio Nishina →
nationality	Japanese →
nativeName	仁科芳雄 →
notableWork	Klein–Nishina formula →
occupation	physicist →
participatedIn	development of Japan’s first cyclotron →
placeOfBirth	Saitama Prefecture →
positionHeld	head of the Nishina Laboratory at RIKEN →
researchInterest	beta decay → cosmic rays → radiation physics →
studiedUnder	Niels Bohr →
supervisedStudent	Shoichi Sakata → Sin-Itiro Tomonaga →
workedAt	Niels Bohr Institute →
workLocation	Tokyo →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Klein–Nishina formula → Nishina Laboratory → Nishina Memorial Prize →	namedAfter
Nishina Memorial Prize →	associatedWith
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga →	doctoralAdvisor
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga ("Sin-Itiro") →	givenName
Japan Prize →	hasLaureate
Yoshio Nishina →	name
Nishina Memorial Prize →	namedInHonorOf
Yoshio Nishina ("仁科芳雄") →	nativeName
Nishina Laboratory →	notableResearcher