Yoshio Nishina Father of Modern Physics in Japan By: Dong-Won Kim Publisher: routledge Print ISBN: 9780750307550, 0750307552 eText ISBN: 9781420012460, 1420012460 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2007 Format: PDF Available from $ 23.18 USD SKU 9781420012460R90 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 contributions to the Japanese physics community. After a concise biographical introduction, the book examines Nishina's family, his early studies, the creation of RIKEN, and the greater Japanese physics community in the early twentieth century. It then focuses on Nishina's work at the Cavendish Laboratory and at the Download ebook: https://ouo.io/NEKHlm
