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Particle physicist Hideki Yukawa: Japan's first Nobel laureate
Original: Particle physicist Hideki Yukawa: Japan’s first Nobel laureate
Retrospective coverage is revisiting Hideki Yukawa, the Japanese theoretical physicist who in 1949 became Japan's first Nobel laureate, honoured for predicting the existence of the meson, the particle that binds atomic nuclei together. His 1935 theory laid groundwork for modern particle physics, and commentators are framing his career as a milestone in Japan's scientific rise.
Why now: Renewed interest in the history of particle physics and Japan's Nobel legacy has put Yukawa back in the spotlight.
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