 Makoto Kobayashi (physicist)

Makoto Kobayashi is a notable Japanese theoretical physicist recognized for his significant contributions to particle physics. He was born on July 7, 1944, in Nagoya, Japan. Kobayashi is particularly known for his work on the mechanisms of symmetry breaking in particle physics and the CKM (Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa) matrix, which describes the mixing of quark flavors.