Yoshio Nishina

Yoshio Nishina
仁科 芳雄
Born(1890-12-06)December 6, 1890
DiedJanuary 10, 1951(1951-01-10) (aged 60)
NationalityJapanese
Known forKlein–Nishina formula
AwardsAsahi Prize (1944)
Order of Culture (1946)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsRIKEN
Notable studentsHideki Yukawa
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Shoichi Sakata

Yoshio Nishina (仁科 芳雄, Nishina Yoshio, December 6, 1890 – January 10, 1951) was a Japanese physicist who was called "the founding father of modern physics research in Japan". He led the efforts of Japan to develop an atomic bomb during World War II.[1]

  1. ^ "Yoshio Nishina". Atomic Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2017-12-03.