- Satoshi Watanabe
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26 May ,1910 -15 October ,1993 is a theoretical physicist. He studies various fields including pattern recognition, cognitive science and concept of time. He suggestedUgly duckling theorem [cite book
last = Watanabe
first = Satosi
title = Knowing and Guessing: A Quantitative Study of Inference and Information
publisher = Wiley
date = 1969
location = New York
url=http://www.igm.hokudai.ac.jp/crg/download_files/watanabe.pdf
format=page scan
pages=pp. 376-377] .Biography
*Satoshi Watanabe was born on May 26th, 1910, in Tokyo. He graduated from Gakushuuin Middle High School and Tokyo High School. In 1933, he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with degree in theoretical physics. During his university days,
Torahiko Terada guided him.*The imperial government sent him to France to study. Prof. Dobroy guided Watanabe to study in
thermodynamics andwave mechanics .*In 1937, he moved to Leipzig and started nuclear theory under Heiserberg. In the same year, Watanabe married to Donate Dower, who was a scholar of German literature and became a professor at the University of Hawaii.
*In 1939, beginning of World War 2, he left Germany and stayed with Boer for a while. In December, he came back to Japan with his family.
*In Japan, he worked at Rikagakukenkyuujo, at Tokyo Imperial University as an Assistant Professor, a Physics Professor in Rikkyo University. After World War 2, in 1950, he left for the United States.
*In 1956, he became a researcher in the IBM Watson Laboratory and started t build his own information theory based on quantum mechanics. He also worked as a Professor at Yale University, a Professor in Hawaii University, a chair person of International Time Academy, Vice President of International Philosophy Academy.
*On October 15the, 1993, he died in Tokyo.
His father, Chifuyu Watanabe, was a Minister of Justice at Second Wakatsuki Cabinet. His elder brother, Takeshi Watanabe, was Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs and director general of Asia Development Bank. His son, Hajime Watanabe, is a Professor of Philosophy at Santa Barbara School of California University.
(Translated from Japanese Wikipedia article of Satoshi Watanabe.)
References
External links
* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E6%85%A7 "Satoshi Watanabe", 渡辺慧, at Japanese Wikipedia]
Bibliography
* "Le duexiéme théorème de la thermodynamique et la mécanique ondulataire", Paris : Herman et Cie, 1935
* "Knowing and guessing : a quantitative study of inference and information", New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1969 ISBN 0471921300
* "Pattern recognition : human and mechanical", New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1985 ISBN 0471808156
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