Yoshida Hideki (4 results)

Paperback. Hideki Yukawa; Translated by L. Brown & R. Yoshida., World Scientific. Author: Hideki Yukawa; Translated by L. Brown & R. Yoshida.Binding: PaperbackPublished: World Scientific, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Light creasing on cover. Clean text. This seminal autobiography in the science and intellectual history genre presents the formative journey of Hideki Yukawa, Japan's first Nobel laureate in physics. Yukawa chronicles his early life, academic influences, and the philosophical convictions that shaped his groundbreaking meson theory of nuclear forces. He details pivotal relationships with mentors like Yoshio Nishina and collaborators such as Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Sakata, and Taketani, illustrating the vibrant scientific community of pre-war Japan. The narrative culminates in the publication of his first English-language paper, marking a turning point in theoretical physics. Supplemented by the original meson theory manuscript and an introduction by physicist Laurie M. Brown, the book instructs readers in both the personal and professional evolution of a visionary thinker. Paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Cranleigh, UK: Beau Geste Press, 1976. First edition, one of 850 copies. 16 yellow leaves, printed and photo-illustrated rectos only in alternating blue and brown. Saddle-stapled in photo-illustrated wraps. Minor bump to upper fore-corner, else fine. A sequence of images of the sea lapping up to and over a rectangular block of sand; a photographic study of time and erosion. Perhaps fittingly, one of the last works published by Martha Hellion and Felipe Ehrenberg's Beau Geste Press. Of the total print run, 500 copies were mounted to the rear cover of Japanese Schmuck. Motard, pp. 318-19.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.