Masakatsu Yamazaki

Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology. Born in 1944.

Completed the doctoral course at the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Doctor of Science.

Specializes in history of science and science studies.

Co-authored Genbaku ha Koshite Kaihatu Sareta (The Atomic Bomb was Developed in This Way) (1990, Augmented 1997, Aoki Shoten) and others.

Received the Science Journalist Award for Nihon no Kaku Kaihatsu (Nuclear Development in Japan: 1939-1955-From Atomic Bomb to Nuclear Energy) (2011, Shobundo) [See the photo].