Paul K. Kuroda
Paul Kazuo Kuroda ( Japanese 黒 田 和 夫 , Kuroda Kazuo ; born April 1, 1917 in Fukuoka Prefecture ; † April 16, 2001 in Las Vegas ) was a Japanese-American chemist.
He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1944 with Kenjiro Kimura . The main focus of his professional work was in radiochemistry and nuclear chemistry . In 1949 he emigrated to the USA, from where he took his middle name Paul. He was awarded a prize in the same year, which was later followed by others. Until 1952 he worked at the University of Minnesota , then he went to the University of Arkansas . In 1955 Kuroda married Louise Morren. In the same year he became a US citizen. In 1979 he became professor and in 1987 he retired.
He made an early prediction (1956) of the possibility of a natural nuclear reactor, which was found in 1972 in the Oklo natural reactor .
Fonts
- The origin of the chemical elements and the Oklo phenomenon. Springer, Berlin 1982. ISBN 3-540-11679-6
swell
- Manuel, Oliver K .: Memorial Paul K. Kuroda (1917-2001). In: Meteoritics & Planetary Science 36, pp. 1409–1410 (2001) ( PDF )
- Biography in the Philosophy of Science Portal
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Paul K. Kuroda at academictree.org, accessed on February 24, 2018.
- ^ Kuroda: On the Nuclear Physical Stability of the Uranium Minerals , Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1956, pp. 781-782
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| SURNAME | Kuroda, Paul K. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuroda, Paul Kazuo (full name); 黒 田 和 夫 (Japanese); Kuroda, Kazuo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese-American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fukuoka Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 2001 |
| Place of death | Las Vegas |