Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanakais a Japanese engineer who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth3 August 1959
CountryJapan
success needs faces
However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day.
strong people long
The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind.
acceptance parent secret
Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth.
children engineering radio
I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child.
mother giving age
My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.