Watch Nobel Gold: The Hideki Yukawa Story, 1954

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. DOCUMENTS THE LIFE AND WORK OF ATOMIC PHYSICIST AND NOBEL PRIZE WINNER DR HIDEKI YUKAWA. NARRATION IS BY HIS SON, TAKA-AKI, WHO EXPRESSES HIS INITIAL DILEMMA IN RECONCILING HIS FATHER'S WORLD WITH HIS MOTHER'S TRADITIONAL ONE. HE FINALLY REALIZES THAT INDUCTIVE REASONING AND EMOTIONAL APPRECIATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGES ARE SYNTHESIZED IN HIS PARENTS' LIVES.

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