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Yoichiro Nambu

Yoichiro Nambu
南部 陽一郎
Born(1921-01-18)18 January 1921
Died5 July 2015(2015-07-05) (aged 94)
Osaka, Japan
NationalityJapan
CitizenshipJapan; United States (1970-death)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Known forSpontaneous symmetry breaking
AwardsHeineman Prize (1970)
US National Medal of Science (1982)
Dirac Medal (1986)
J.J. Sakurai Prize (1994)
Wolf Prize in Physics (1994/1995)
Pomeranchuk Prize (2007)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Tokyo (1942–49)
Osaka City University (1949–52)
Institute for Advanced Study (1952–54)
University of Chicago (1954–)

Yoichiro Nambu (南部 陽一郎, Nanbu Yōichirō, 18 January 1921 – 5 July 2015) was a Japanese-born American physicist, a professor at the University of Chicago.[1]

  1. "2008年ノーベル物理学賞受賞の南部陽一郎 大阪大学特別栄誉教授がご逝去されました". Osaka University. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

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