03286nam 2200649Ia 450 991082735280332120240516012647.01-281-36776-197866113677631-4039-7692-910.1057/9781403976925(CKB)1000000000342764(SSID)ssj0000242095(PQKBManifestationID)11221596(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242095(PQKBWorkID)10310412(PQKB)11637192(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7692-5(MiAaPQ)EBC308127(Au-PeEL)EBL308127(CaPaEBR)ebr10135425(CaONFJC)MIL136776(OCoLC)560461321(EXLCZ)99100000000034276420050110d2005 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrScience and the building of a new Japan /Morris Low1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (276 p.)Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UniversityBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-349-53055-7 1-4039-6831-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-251) and index.Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations and Other Major Institutions -- List of Illustrations -- 1. The Making of the Japanese Physicist -- 2. Mobilizing Science in World War II: Yoshio Nishina -- 3. The Impact of the Allied Occupation: Nishina and Nakasone -- 4. Physicists on the Left: Sakata and Taketani -- 5. The Politics of Pure Science: Yukawa and Tomonaga -- 6. Corporate Science: Sagane -- 7. Science on the International Stage: Hayakawa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.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. An history of science perspective provides insight into their role, helping us to understand the hybrid identity of Japanese scientists, and how they reinvented not only themselves, but also Japan. The book is special in that it uses the history of science to deal with issues relating to Japanese identity, and how it was transformed in the decades after Japan's defeat. It explores the lives and work of seven physicists, two of whom were Nobel prize winners. It makes use of little-known Occupation period documents, personal papers of physicists, and Japanese language source material.Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.Science and stateJapanHistoryResearch, IndustrialJapanPhysicistsJapanScience and stateHistory.Research, IndustrialPhysicists338.952/06Low Morris909278MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827352803321Science and the building of a new Japan4087483UNINA