Keiichi Aichi

Keiichi Aichi
Born	(1880-07-25)25 July 1880 Tokyo, Japan
Died	23 June 1923(1923-06-23) (aged 42)
Nationality	Japan
Scientific career
Fields	Physics

Keiichi Aichi (愛知あいち 敬一けいいち, Aichi Keiichi, July 25, 1880 – June 23, 1923) was a Japanese physicist. He served as a professor of the physics department at the College of Science, Tohoku Imperial University.

Aichi was born in Tokyo in 1880 and studied theoretical physics at University of Tokyo. He graduated in 1903 and in 1905 moved to Kyoto where he became an assistant professor at Kyoto University. Between 1908 and 1911 he studied in Germany and in 1912 defended his PhD at Tohoku Imperial University with recommendations from the chancellor. Soon after, he assumed the post of professor at the university's then newly established College of Science. In 1922, he served as an interpreter during the visit of Albert Einstein in Japan. Aichi died from food poisoning in 1923.

His son was the politician Kiichi Aichi, who served consecutively as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance.

From left to right: Kotaro Honda, Albert Einstein, Keiichi Aichi and Shirota Kusakabe, Tohoku Imperial University, 1922

Books

• Jitsuyō kōtō sūgaku 『実用じつよう高等こうとう数学すうがく』 (co-authored with Takejirō Sumio (角すみ尾お 猛もう次郎じろう, Sumio Takejirō)) Dainippon Tosho, 1909
• Shizen no bi to megumi: Kagaku sōwa 『自然しぜんの美びと恵めぐみ—科学かがく叢くさむら話ばなし』 (Beauty and grace of nature: Science stories) Maruzen, 1917
• Rikigaku 『力学りきがく』 (Mechanics) Shōkabō, 1919
• Hōshanō gairon 『放射能ほうしゃのう概論がいろん』 (Introduction to Radiation) Maruzen, 1920
• Denkigaku no taito Faradē no den 『電気でんき学がくの泰斗たいとファラデーの伝つて』 (Story of Faraday – the father of electricity) Iwanami Shoten, 1922
• Denshi no jijoden: Tsūzoku denki kōwa 『電子でんしの自叙伝じじょでん—通俗つうぞく電気でんき講話こうわ』 Shōkabō, 1922
• Rironbutsurigaku 『理論りろん物理ぶつり学がく』 (Theoretical Physics) Shōkabō, 1924

Translations

• Carl Friedrich Gauss' Theory of Potential 「ポテンチヤル論ろん」 (co-translated with Junzō Ōkubo (大久保おおくぼ 準じゅん三さん, Ōkubo Junzō), Tohoku Imperial University Edition Kagaku meichoshū 『科学かがく名著めいちょ集しゅう』 4, Maruzen, 1913

External links

• Tohoku University Image Database – Profile photograph (Japanese)
• Contemporary Digital Library at the National Diet Library – Digitized images of Jitsuyō kōtō sūgaku, Rikigaku, Hōshanō gairon and Rironbutsurigaku can be viewed here. (Japanese)
• Faradē no den – Online version of Denkigaku no taito Faradē no den at Aozora Bunko (Japanese)