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Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
Japanese physicist (1906-1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shinichiro Tomonaga[1] (朝永 振一郎, Tomonaga Shin'ichirō, March 31, 1906 – July 8, 1979), usually cited as Sin-Itiro Tomonaga in English,[2] was a Japanese physicist, influential in the development of quantum electrodynamics, work for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965[3] along with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger.
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Shin'ichirō Tomonaga | |
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![]() Tomonaga in 1965 | |
Born | (1906-03-31)March 31, 1906 |
Died | July 8, 1979(1979-07-08) (aged 73) Tokyo, Japan |
Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University |
Known for | Quantum electrodynamics Schwinger–Tomonaga equation Tomonaga–Luttinger liquid |
Awards | Asahi Prize (1946) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1964) Nobel Prize in Physics (1965) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | Leipzig University Institute for Advanced Study Tokyo University of Education RIKEN University of Tokyo |
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