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Jan 18, 1921 – Jul 5, 2015(94 years)Died in:Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture
American theoretical physicist
Emoria remembers Yōichirō Nambu· Jul 5, 2026
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Yōichirō Nambu
Biography
Yoichiro Nambu (* January 18, 1921 in Tokyo; † July 5, 2015 in Toyonaka) was an american theoretical physicist. He was 94 years old. His education included University of Tokyo, Princeton University and Fukui Prefectural Fujishima High School. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Order of Culture. His cause of death was myocardial infarction.
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11 EventsBorn in Tokyo, Tokyo
1921J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
1976Order of Culture
1978Person of Cultural Merit
1978National Medal of Science
1982Max Planck Medal
1985Wolf Prize in Physics
1994Benjamin Franklin Medal
2005Oskar Klein Medal
2005Nobel Prize in Physics
2008Died in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture (myocardial infarction)
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Yōichirō Nambu. Forever remembered.