Physicist Nishina Yoshio (仁科芳雄) seated in front of a bank of equipment. He is resting his chin on his palm and looking down and to the side of the camera. Dressed in a tweed suit, he has round glasses and is losing his hair.

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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 14:41:52 UTC Robert McNees

Physicist Nishina Yoshio (仁科芳雄) was born #OTD in 1890. He spent time at Cambridge and Copenhagen in the 1920s, where he contributed to the development of quantum electrodynamics, then returned to Japan and established a national program of modern physics research.

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