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Hideki Yukawa FRSE (湯川 秀樹, January 23 , 1907 - September 8 , 1981 ) was a Japan ese Theoretical Physicist and the first Japanese person to win the Nobel Prize . He was born in Tokyo , on January 23 , 1907 . In 1929 , after receiving his degree from Kyoto Imperial University he stayed on as a lecturer for four years. After graduation, he was interested in Theoretical Physics , particularly in the theory of Elementary Particle s. In 1932 , he married Sumiko and had two sons, Harumi and Takaaki. In 1933 he became a professor and an assistant professor at Osaka University , at age 26. In 1935 he published his theory of Meson s, which explained the interaction between Proton s and Neutron s, and was a major influence on research into elementary particles. In 1940 he became a professor in Kyoto University . In 1940 he won the Imperial Prize Of The Japan Academy , in 1943 the Decoration Of Cultural Merit from the Japanese Government . In 1949 he became a professor at Columbia University . In 1949 he won the Nobel Prize for physics, after the discovery by Cecil Powell of the Yukawa's predicted Pion in 1947 . Yukawa also predicted K-capture , in which a low energy hydrogen electron could be absorbed by the nucleus. In and honorary memberships of the Royal Society Of Edinburgh , the Indian Academy Of Sciences , the International Academy Of Philosophy And Sciences , and the Pontificia Academia Scientiarum are granted to him for acknowledgement in Science . He had been an editor at Progress Of Theoretical Physics since 1946 . He had published many scientific papers and lecture notes, including Introduction To Quantum Mechanics ( 1946 ) and Introduction To The Theory Of Elementary Particles ( 1948 ), both in Japanese. In 1955 , he joined 10 other leading scientists and intellectuals in signing the Russell-Einstein Manifesto , calling for Nuclear Disarmament . EXTERNAL LINKS
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