was a Japanese

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, best known for the discovery of the

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. His main interests were in

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and

condensed matter physics Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid phases which arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms. More generally, the sub ...

Career

After graduating from the Department of Physics,

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he became associate professor first at Keijo University and then at the

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(Kyoiku University). In 1952 he was promoted professor and held subsequent positions at

Chiba University is a national university in the city of Chiba, Japan. It offers Doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. The university was formed in 1949 from exist ...

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, and University of the Air. In addition, he had visiting positions at São Paulo University and

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. He was a professor emeritus of the

. In 1947 he received the Mainichi Shuppan-Bunka prize for his contributions to the theory of liquids and in 1981 the Fujihara Award for the discovery of the

. He was a member of the

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. He died of multiple organ failure on 6 October 2010.物理学者・戸田盛和さん死去　「戸田格子」の数式提案
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List of books available in English

* Selected Papers of Morikazu Toda (Series in Pure Mathematics). Edited by Miki Wadati (University of Tokyo). World Scientific 1993. . * Statistical Physics I: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) R. Kubo, N. Saito, and M. Toda. 2nd. Ed. 1992. . * Statistical Physics II: Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences) M. Toda, N. Saito, and R. Kubo. 2nd. Ed. 1991. . * Theory of Nonlinear Lattices (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences). Springer 1989. . * Nonlinear Waves and Solitons. Mathematics and its Applications (Japanese Series). KTK Scientific Publishers 1989, Tokyo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toda, Morikazu 1917 births 2010 deaths Japanese physicists Academic staff of Yokohama National University Academic staff of Chiba University

Career

See also

List of books available in English

References