Science and the Building of a New Japan (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2000
First published:	2005
Authors:	M. Low
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	259
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6831-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4039-6831-4
Barcode:	9781403968319

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