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Yoshiaki Arata

1924 - 2018

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Yoshiaki Arata (荒田 吉明, Arata Yoshiaki; 22 May 1924 – 5 June 2018) was a Japanese physicist. Arata was one of the pioneering researchers into nuclear fusion in Japan and a former professor at Osaka University. He was reported to be a strong nationalist, speaking only Japanese in public. He received the Order of Culture in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshiaki Arata is the 668th most popular physicist (up from 674th in 2019), the 1,342nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,293rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 668 out of 851. Before him are Michael Green, Mario Livio, Seth Neddermeyer, Helen Quinn, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, and Edith Clarke. After him are Brandon Carter, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Stanley Mandelstam, Ali Javan, Orest Khvolson, and Alvin M. Weinberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 350. Before him are Kurt Furgler, Maria Sander, Norbert Schemansky, Ruth Leuwerik, Emmanuel Scheffer, and Hans Kalt. After him are Arthur Harnden, Heinz Müller, Don Knotts, Lennart Samuelsson, Yasuzo Masumura, and Ruhi Sarıalp. Among people deceased in 2018, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 342. Before him are Nh. Dini, Jon Hiseman, Vanessa Marquez, Marty Balin, Michael Harner, and Roberto Suazo Córdova. After him are Mrinal Sen, John Miles, Fernando Serena, José Antonio Zaldúa, Mario Segale, and Doina Cornea.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 1,342 out of 6,245. Before him are Shu Kamo (1939), Shinji Okazaki (1986), Mihoko Iwaya (1964), Minami Takayama (1964), Mao Kobayashi (1999), and Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu (1911). After him are Shinji Tanaka (1960), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Kaoru Ikeya (1943), and Yoshihiko Matsuoka (1977).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Japan

Among physicists born in Japan, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 18. Before him are Takaaki Kajita (1959), Yoshio Nishina (1890), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), Sumio Iijima (1939), and Shoichi Sakata (1911). After him are Kazuhiko Nishijima (1926), and Ted Fujita (1920).

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