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Hideki Yukawa
| Full Name of the recipient | Hideki Yukawa |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 1949 |
| Share in Award | 100.0% |
| Award Shared with | |
| Motivation for the Award | for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Kyoto Imperial University, Kyoto, Japan Columbia University, New York, NY, USA |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Japan JPN |
| Date of Birth | 23 January 1907 |
| Age at the time of Award | 41 years |
| Place of Death | Kyoto, Japan JPN |
| Date of Death | 8 September 1981 |
