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Kazuhiko Nishijima

1926 - 2009

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Kazuhiko Nishijima (西島 和彦, Nishijima Kazuhiko) (4 October 1926 – 15 February 2009) was a Japanese physicist who made significant contributions to particle physics. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University until his death in 2009. He was born in Tsuchiura, Japan. He is most well known for his work on the Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula, and the concept of strangeness, which he called the "eta-charge" or "η-charge", after the eta meson (η). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazuhiko Nishijima is the 670th most popular physicist (up from 691st in 2019), the 1,358th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,332nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Kazuhiko Nishijima ranks 670 out of 851. Before him are Seth Neddermeyer, Helen Quinn, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Edith Clarke, Yoshiaki Arata, and Brandon Carter. After him are Stanley Mandelstam, Ali Javan, Orest Khvolson, Alvin M. Weinberg, Norris Bradbury, and Edward Andrade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Kazuhiko Nishijima ranks 356. Before him are Anneliese Rothenberger, John Ericson, Loris Campana, Walter Sedlmayr, Dharamvir Bharati, and Leonie Rysanek. After him are Egisto Pandolfini, Ray McAnally, Ali Javan, Keith Michell, Garret FitzGerald, and Metaksia Simonyan. Among people deceased in 2009, Kazuhiko Nishijima ranks 252. Before him are David Eddings, Willy Ronis, Jacques Sylla, Barry Flanagan, Alfred Hrdlicka, and Kamala Surayya. After him are Norbert Eschmann, Chuck Daly, Anselmo Duarte, Mary Travers, Godfrey Rampling, and Ingemar Johansson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuhiko Nishijima ranks 1,358 out of 6,245. Before him are Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Nobuyuki Oishi (1974), Kazuki Ito (1987), Akie Abe (1962), Yoko Kanno (1963), and Koichi Wakata (1963). After him are Tetsuya Ogura (1970), Yasutoshi Miura (1965), Yuki Amano (2000), Kansai Yamamoto (1944), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), and Seiji Kubo (1973).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Japan

Among physicists born in Japan, Kazuhiko Nishijima ranks 19. Before him are Yoshio Nishina (1890), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), Sumio Iijima (1939), Shoichi Sakata (1911), and Yoshiaki Arata (1924). After him are Ted Fujita (1920).

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