Abstract
In memory of the late Professor Tadashi Makita, the present article reviews some of the major scientific achievement he has achieved throughout his distinguished career in thermophysics over the last 40 years. Specific emphasis is given to three major contributions that Professor Makita has devoted himself at the High Pressure Data Center of Japan, Japanese Association of Refrigeration and the Japanese National Committee on the Properties of Water and Steam. The present author has also been involved in these three different activities in collaboration with Professor Makita with whom the present author being acquainted for more than 25 years. Some of the living lessons that the present author has learnt from him in different occasions of revealing the thermophysical properties of fluids of technical importance are also described.
