Yoshio Nishina
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Yoshio Nishina

Father of Modern Physics in Japan

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eBook - ePub

Yoshio Nishina

Father of Modern Physics in Japan

About this book

Yoshio Nishina not only made a great contribution to the emergence of a research network that produced two Nobel prize winners, but he also raised the overall level of physics in Japan. Focusing on his roles as researcher, teacher, and statesman of science, Yoshio Nishina: Father of Modern Physics in Japan analyzes Nishina's position in and his con

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2007
eBook ISBN
9781040209653
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Physics
Index
Physics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Preface
  6. Author
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Table of Contents
  11. Chapter 1 Youth
  12. 1.1 The Nishina Family
  13. 1.2 Yoshio Nishina: The Student
  14. 1.3 Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken)
  15. 1.4 Japan’s Physics Community in the Early Twentieth Century
  16. Notes
  17. Chapter 2 Nishina in Europe
  18. 2.1 Heading for Europe
  19. 2.2 Cambridge and Göttingen
  20. 2.3 Research in Experimental Subjects at Copenhagen
  21. 2.4 The New Quantum Mechanics and the Klein–Nishina Formula
  22. 2.5 A Truly Accomplished Researcher
  23. Notes
  24. Chapter 3 Preacher of the New Quantum Mechanics
  25. 3.1 The Introduction of the New Quantum Mechanics to Japan During the 1920s
  26. 3.2 Nishina: The Preacher of the New Quantum Mechanics
  27. Notes
  28. Chapter 4 Beloved Sensei: Theoretical Research and the Emergence of a Research Network
  29. 4.1 A New Kind of Boss at Riken
  30. 4.2 The Theory Group
  31. 4.3 The Emergence of a Research Network
  32. Notes
  33. Chapter 5 Cosmic Ray Research: “This is Interesting. Let Us Try It.”
  34. 5.1 Cosmic Ray Research in the Early Twentieth Century
  35. 5.2 The Effect of the 10th Subcommittee of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science on Cosmic Ray Research in Japan
  36. 5.3 The Cosmic Ray Research Group
  37. 5.4 Cosmic Ray Research and the Meson Theory: Cooperation between Experimentalists and Theoreticians
  38. Notes
  39. Chapter 6 Father of Big Science: The Construction of Two Cyclotrons
  40. 6.1 The Small (26-inch) Cyclotron
  41. 6.2 The Large (60-inch) Cyclotron
  42. 6.3 The Legacy of Two Cyclotrons
  43. Notes
  44. Chapter 7 Statesman of Science
  45. Notes
  46. Appendix
  47. Index