Masatoshi Koshiba

Masatoshi Koshiba (?? ?? Koshiba Masatoshi, born on September 19, 1926 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture -) is a Japanese physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.

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He studied in Meiji University and graduated from University of Tokyo, School of Science. In 2002 he won Nobel Prize in Physics "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos".

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He is now Senior Counselor of ICEPP and Emeritus Professor of University of Tokyo.

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See also: Kamioka Observatory, Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Detector, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, International Center for Elementary Particle Physics, University of Tokyo, School of Science

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