Takaaki Kajita
Japanese physicist and astronomer · Japan · Scientists · Born 1959 · age 67
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Something wrong?Takaaki Kajita is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory - Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Canadian physicist Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery of neutrino oscillations.
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Takaaki Kajita is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory - Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Canadian physicist Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery of neutrino oscillations. On 1 October 2020, he became the president of the Science Council of Japan.
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Francis HalzenBoth received Julius Wess Prize
Shuji NakamuraBoth received Nishina Memorial Prize
Masatoshi KoshibaBoth received Nishina Memorial Prize
Saul PerlmutterBoth received Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Frank WilczekBoth received Julius Wess Prize
Martin ReesBoth received Bruno Rossi PrizeFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.