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Yoichiro Nambu

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Also known as Nambu Yoichiro, Nanbu Yoichiro, Yōichirō Nambu, Nambu Yōichirō, Yōichirō Nanbu

American theoretical physicist (1921-2015)

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Yoichiro Nambu (1921–2015) was a Japanese and American theoretical physicist. Born in Tokyo, he died in Toyonaka from a myocardial infarction. He held a Doctor of Science degree and worked as a professor and researcher. His academic affiliations included the University of Tokyo, Princeton University, University of Chicago, Osaka City University, and Ritsumeikan University.

Nambu was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the Japan Academy. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Order of Culture, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal. His doctoral student was Savas Dimopoulos. Among his published works are *Elementary Particle Physics Vol. 1* and *Quarks*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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  • Elementary Particle Physics Vol. 1
  • Quarks

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5 total works indexed

  1. Dynamical Model of Elementary Particles Based on an Analogy with Superconductivity. I

    · 1961 · cited 4,877x

  2. Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    · 2013 · cited 4,125x

  3. Clinical use of current polygenic risk scores may exacerbate health disparities

    · 2019 · cited 2,701x

  4. Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

    · 2022 · cited 2,657x

  5. Production of the antimalarial drug precursor artemisinic acid in engineered yeast

    · 2006 · cited 2,429x

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Quotes

  • “It was the great multiplicity of the hadrons that led to the formulation of the quark model. Without some organizing principle such a large collection of particles seemed unwieldy, and the possibility that they might all be elementary offended those who hold the conviction, or at least the fond wish, that nature should be simple.”

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2008

    “for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics”

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Encyclopedic overview

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

Known for his groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, Nambu was the originator of the theory of spontaneous symmetry breaking, a concept that revolutionized particle physics. He was also a pioneer of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), one of the founding figures of string theory, and the proposer of Nambu mechanics. In addition, he co-created the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model, which explained the dynamical origin of mass in nucleons.

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