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Toshihide Maskawa

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Toshihide Maskawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist known for his work on CP violation. He was awarded one quarter of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry that predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.

Facts
Birth Year
1940 1
Death Date
2021-07-23 1
Death Year
2021 1
Death Place
Kyoto, Japan 1
Nationality
Empire of Japan 1
Nationality
Japan 1
Birthplace
Nagoya, Japan 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
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1. Toshihide Maskawa (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +2021-07-23T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +2021-07-23T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Japan
    Q17
  • P20 (place of death): Kyoto, Japan
    Q34600
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Empire of Japan
    Q188712
  • P19 (place of birth): Nagoya, Japan
    Q11751
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Toshihide Maskawa (Wikipedia)
Works In: Particle Physics, Infobox, fields
Quote, Works In: Particle Physics, Infobox, fields
Infobox fields: High energy physics (theory)
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