Yoichiro Nambu 南部 陽一郎 | |
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Born | |
Died | 5 July 2015 Osaka, Japan | (aged 94)
Nationality | Japan |
Citizenship | Japan; United States (1970-death) |
Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Known for | Spontaneous symmetry breaking |
Awards | Heineman 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 | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University 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]