PHYSICIST

Yoshiaki Arata

1924 - 2018

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Yoshiaki Arata (荒田 吉明, Arata Yoshiaki, 22 May 1924 – 5 June 2018) was a Japanese physicist. Arata was one of the pioneering researchers into nuclear fusion in Japan and a former professor at Osaka University. He was reported to be a strong nationalist, speaking only Japanese in public. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshiaki Arata has received more than 24,051 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshiaki Arata is the 674th most popular physicist, the 1,293rd most popular biography from Japan and the 19th most popular Japanese Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 674 out of 851. Before him are William Astbury, C. V. Boys, Balthasar van der Pol, Sulamith Goldhaber, Ash Carter, and John C. Slater. After him are Frederick Seitz, John Hopkinson, Max Tegmark, Ursula Franklin, Edith Clarke, and Paul Scherrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 351. Before him are Branko Kralj, Friedrich L. Bauer, Arthur Harnden, Adelaida Avagyan, Aron Gurevich, and Mohamed Benhima. After him are Sabine Weiss, Arkady Vorobyov, Slim Harpo, Armand Gatti, Buddy Hackett, and Ron Moody. Among people deceased in 2018, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 333. Before him are Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Jo Jo White, Chuck McCann, Jerry Van Dyke, Charlotte Rae, and Al Matthews. After him are Susan Anspach, Pik Botha, Roberto Suazo Córdova, Vic Damone, Shuhrat Abbosov, and Ray Wilson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 1,293 out of 6,245. Before him are Nobuko Kondo (1956), Bunzō Hayata (1874), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Keiji Fujiwara (1964), Kusuo Kitamura (1917), and Eiji Aonuma (1963). After him are Mikio Aoki (1934), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Hitoshi Matsumoto (1963), Mamoru Mohri (1948), Masaru Uchiyama (1957), and Riichi Yokomitsu (1898).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Japan

Among physicists born in Japan, Yoshiaki Arata ranks 19. Before him are Takaaki Kajita (1959), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), Sumio Iijima (1939), Shoichi Sakata (1911), and Ted Fujita (1920). After him are Kazuhiko Nishijima (1926).

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