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Yoichiro Nambu

1921 - 2015

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Yoichiro Nambu (南部 陽一郎, Nanbu Yōichirō; 18 January 1921 – 5 July 2015) was a Japanese-American physicist and professor at the University of Chicago. Known for his groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, Nambu was the originator of the theory of spontaneous symmetry breaking, a concept that revolutionized particle physics. He was also a pioneer of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), one of the founding figures of string theory, and the proposer of Nambu mechanics. In addition, he co-created the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model, which explained the dynamical origin of mass in nucleons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoichiro Nambu is the 214th most popular physicist (down from 213th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 119th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Physicist.

Yoichiro Nambu is most famous for his work on the theory of spontaneous broken symmetry.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yoichiro Nambu ranks 214 out of 851. Before him are Theodor W. Hänsch, Edward Mills Purcell, James Cronin, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, David Lee, and Pyotr Kapitsa. After him are Joseph Rotblat, Steven Weinberg, Wolfgang Paul, Robert H. Goddard, Melvin Schwartz, and Roy J. Glauber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Yoichiro Nambu ranks 34. Before him are Ágnes Keleti, Paulo Freire, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Vasily Smyslov, and Gianni Agnelli. After him are Patricia Highsmith, Ralph Asher Alpher, Lana Turner, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Amin al-Hafiz, and Satyajit Ray. Among people deceased in 2015, Yoichiro Nambu ranks 31. Before him are Josef Masopust, Leonard Nimoy, Kenan Evren, Val Logsdon Fitch, Ulrich Beck, and Khaled al-Asaad. After him are Manoel de Oliveira, Richard F. Heck, Otto Carius, Tariq Aziz, Maya Plisetskaya, and Zito.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoichiro Nambu ranks 82 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Annei (-577), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Shirō Ishii (1892), Sei Shōnagon (966), Emperor Momozono (1741), and Ishida Mitsunari (1559). After him are Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Uesugi Kenshin (1530), Naoto Kan (1946), Empress Michiko (1934), Kōbō Abe (1924), and Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Japan

Among physicists born in Japan, Yoichiro Nambu ranks 4. Before him are Hideki Yukawa (1907), Isamu Akasaki (1929), and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906). After him are Makoto Kobayashi (1944), Leo Esaki (1925), Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Masatoshi Koshiba (1926), Syukuro Manabe (1931), Shuji Nakamura (1954), Hiroshi Amano (1960), and Takaaki Kajita (1959).

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