A powerful post-war prime minister of Japan and a native of Kashiwazaki, along the Sea of Japan. Mr Tanaka was instrumental in bringing nuclear power to his home region; the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, now the world's largest, was built there largely thanks to his influence.
QOTD: Ludwig Boltzmann, who spend much of his life studying statistical mechanics died in 1906 by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn.