Kiyoshi Kawabata

Kiyoshi Kawabata, PhD, ScD, is professor emeritus in the Department of Physics at the Tokyo University of Science. His specialties include astrophysics, particularly observational cosmology and radiative transfer theory.

Kawabata is a coauthor of The Manga Guide to the Universe, a 2011 introduction to astronomy and astrophysics written with Kenji Ishikawa and Verte Corp. The book explores topics including the solar system, galaxies, dark matter, cosmic expansion, and the Big Bang.