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Masahide Sasaki

Masahide Sasaki is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Masahide Sasaki rather than just read about it. In short: Masahide Sasaki (August 27, 1933 – September 23, 2005) was a Japanese chemist. He developed the first fully-automated laboratory, and he popularized this innovation internationally.

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Reference excerpt

Masahide Sasaki (August 27, 1933 – September 23, 2005) was a Japanese chemist. He developed the first fully-automated laboratory, and he popularized this innovation internationally.

Personal life Masahide was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture of Japan on August 27, 1933. He married his wife, Tokyo, and had three children, Mika, Kyoko, and Masanori. He died of cancer on September 23, 2005.

Career As noted in his obituary in Clinical Chemistry, Masahide "graduated from Yamaguchi Medical School in 1961. During 1965, he served as an internist for the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Committee. Several years later, in 1967, he was appointed the Chief of the Clinical Chemistry Department at Kawasaki Hospital. In 1970, he did a fellowship in the United States at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, IL, which gave him exposure to the US medical system. Two years later he became an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Kawasaki Medical School and rose quickly in the academic ranks to become a Full Professor of Laboratory Diagnosis in 1976 and, ultimately, Vice President of Kawasaki Paramedical College." He was appointed Professor and Director of the Department of the Clinical Laboratory at Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan in 1981. There, he developed his automation system. Masahide published many papers between 1981 and 1999, the most notable of which was a monograph on laboratory automation sponsored by the A&T Corporation.

Automation development Masahide provided the first and most prominent example of a totally automated laboratory.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Masahide Sasaki

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Masahide Sasaki claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Masahide Sasaki before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Masahide Sasaki ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Masahide Sasaki

In research: Masahide Sasaki appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Masahide Sasaki in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Masahide Sasaki is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1933 births, 2005 deaths, 20th-century Japanese chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Masahide Sasaki outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Masahide Sasaki in simple terms?

Masahide Sasaki (August 27, 1933 – September 23, 2005) was a Japanese chemist. He developed the first fully-automated laboratory, and he popularized this innovation internationally.

Why does Masahide Sasaki matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Masahide Sasaki?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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