Taketani Mitsuo
Japanese physicist (1911–2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Japanese name, the surname is Taketani.
Taketani Mitsuo (武谷 三男, October 2, 1911 – April 22, 2000) was a prominent Japanese theoretical physicist and Marxist intellectual. He published his Doctrine of the Three Stages of Scientific Development in 1936. This was the first Japanese contribution to the philosophy of science.
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Taketani Mitsuo | |
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武谷 三男 | |
Taketani with his son in 1949 | |
Born | (1911-10-02)October 2, 1911 |
Died | April 22, 2000(2000-04-22) (aged 88) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Tōkai University Osaka University Kyoto University |
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He was jailed in 1938 following making contributions to the Marxist journal Sekai Bunka (World Culture). However, following the intervention of Yoshio Nishina, he was released into the custody of his professor, Hideki Yukawa.[1]