LEADER 02770nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910450597303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36776-1 010 $a9786611367763 010 $a1-4039-7692-9 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403976925 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000242095 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11221596 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242095 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10310412 035 $a(PQKB)11637192 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7692-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308127 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308127 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135425 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136776 035 $a(OCoLC)560461321 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342764 100 $a20050110d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aScience and the building of a new Japan$b[electronic resource] /$fMorris Low 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 225 1 $aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-349-53055-7 311 $a1-4039-6831-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-251) and index. 330 $aThis book highlights the importance of individuals in the shaping of postwar Japan by providing an historical account of how physicists constituted an influential elite. An history of science perspective provides insight into their role, helping us to understand the hybrid identity of Japanese scientists, and how they reinvented not only themselves, but also Japan. The book is special in that it uses the history of science to deal with issues relating to Japanese identity, and how it was transformed in the decades after Japan's defeat. It explores the lives and work of seven physicists, two of whom were Nobel prize winners. It makes use of little-known Occupation period documents, personal papers of physicists, and Japanese language source material. 410 0$aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. 606 $aScience and state$zJapan$xHistory 606 $aResearch, Industrial$zJapan 606 $aPhysicists$zJapan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience and state$xHistory. 615 0$aResearch, Industrial 615 0$aPhysicists 676 $a338.952/06 700 $aLow$b Morris$0909278 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450597303321 996 $aScience and the building of a new Japan$92491690 997 $aUNINA