Science and the building of a new Japan /

This book highlights the importance of individuals in the shaping of postwar Japan by providing an historical account of how physicists constituted an influential elite. A history of science perspective provides insight into their role, helping us to understand the hybrid identity of Japanese scient...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Low, Morris (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Temas:
Science and state > Japan > History.
Research, Industrial > Japan.
Physicists > Japan.
Politique scientifique et technique > Japon > Histoire.
Recherche industrielle > Japon.
Physiciens > Japon.
Asian history > Asia.
History of science > Asia.
Regional studies > Asia.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
History.
Physicists
Research, Industrial
Science and state
Industrie
Wissenschaft
Politik
Japan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Shaping of the Japanese Physicist
  • Mobilising Science in World War II: Yoshio Nishina
  • The Impact of the Allied Occupation: Nishina and Nakasone
  • Physicists on the Left: Sakata and Taketani
  • The Politics of Pure Science: Yukawa and Tomonaga
  • Corporate Science: Sagane
  • Science on the International Stage: Hayakawa
  • Conclusion
  • Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Columbia University.

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