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Toshihide Maskawa
| Full Name of the recipient | Toshihide Maskawa |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 2008 |
| Share in Award | 25.0% |
| Award Shared with | Yoichiro Nambu (50.0%) Makoto Kobayashi (25.0%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
| Place of Birth | Nagoya, Japan JPN |
| Date of Birth | 7 February 1940 |
| Age at the time of Award | 67 years |
