Yoichiro Nambu was awarded Nobel Prize 2008 in Physics "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics."
Nationality Japan
Institution Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
Award 2008
Discipline Physics
Co-recipients Toshihide Maskawa, Makoto Kobayashi
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 2008 in Physics "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics."
Further Information on the Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize
