Yuasa, Toshiko (1909–1980)
Yuasa, Toshiko (1909–1980)
Japanese nuclear physicist. Born Dec 11, 1909, in Tokyo, Japan; died Feb 1, 1980.
Prominent physicist who was considered Japan's Marie Curie, attended Tokyo Bunrika University (1931–34) and the Laboratoire de Chimie Nucléaire du Collège de France in Paris (1940–44); earned DSc (1962) from Kyoto University for her dissertation; researched at University of Berlin's Physics Institute (1944); developed a double-focus spectroscope (1945); investigated nuclear spectroscopy as a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) researcher at the Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire du Collège de France (1949–52); at CNRS, worked as a researcher (1952–57), research head (1957–74) and became honorary research head (1975); taught at several universities in Japan, including the Ochanomizu Women's University (1952–55).