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Toshihide Maskawa

Japanese theoretical physicist (1940–2021)

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Toshihide Maskawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist known for his work on CP-violation who was awarded one quarter 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
Died
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Place of death
Kyoto wd
Citizenship
Japan, Empire of Japan wd
Occupation
theoretical physicist, professor, 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 Toshihide Maskawa born?
Toshihide Maskawa was born on 7 February 1940 in Nagoya.
Where did Toshihide Maskawa study?
Toshihide Maskawa was educated at Nagoya University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Toshihide Maskawa · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q202168 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Masukawa.jpg by NIMSoffice (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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"Toshihide Maskawa". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/toshihide-maskawa. Retrieved 14 November 2026.

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