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Makoto Kobayashi

Japanese theoretical physicist (1944–)

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Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese physicist known for his work on CP-violation who was awarded one-fourth of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature."

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Nagoya wd
Citizenship
Japan wd
Occupation
theoretical physicist, physicist wd
Education
Nagoya University wd

Awards wd

  • Order of Culture (2008)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2008)
  • High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (2007)
  • Person of Cultural Merit (2001)
  • Asahi Prize (1994)
  • Sakurai Prize (1985)
  • honorary doctor of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2011)
  • Nishina Memorial Prize (1979)

Questions

When was Makoto Kobayashi born?
Makoto Kobayashi was born on 7 April 1944 in Nagoya.
Where did Makoto Kobayashi study?
Makoto Kobayashi was educated at Nagoya University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Makoto Kobayashi · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q202164 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Makoto Kobayashi 20101223.jpg by 日本学士院 (CC BY 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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