Essays on the history of scientific thought in modern Japan / edited by Osamu Kanamori ; translated by Christopher Carr and M.G. Sheftall.

Showa zenki no kagaku shisōshi. Selections. English.

880-02 Colophon title: Shōwa zenki no kagaku shisōshi (Eibun-ban)

Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2016.

336 pages : black and white illustrations, charts ; 23 cm.

First edition: March 2016.

"This book is an English translation of excerpts from 'Showa zenki no kagaku shisō shi, ' published in Japanese by Keiso Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd. in 2011. The English edition comprises Introduction (Osamu Kanamori), Chapter 1 (Takuji Okamoto), Chapter 2 (Masanori Kaji), and Chapter 4 (Shin Chang-Geon) of the Japanese edition"--Title page verso.

Introduction: A Portrait of the History of Scientific Thought / Osamu Kanamori. Section 1. Towards a Chronicle of the History of Scientific Thought ; Section 2. Prewar Trends ; Section 3. Study of the History of Science Gains Autonomy ; Section 4. The Infiltration of "Scientific Politics" and the Disputes Surrounding It -- Chapter 1. Nuclear And Elementary Particle Physics: The Evolution Of A Competitive View Of Science / Takuji Okamoto. Section 1. From the Inception of Quantum Mechanics to the Nobel Prize of Hideki Yukawa ; Section 2. Establishment of a Competitive Scientific View: the Agony of Hantarō Nagaoka ; Section 3. The Development of Competition and the Fate of the Competitive View of Science: From the Saturnian Model of the Atom to Anti-Relativity ; Section 4. The Advent of Quantum Mechanics ; Section 5. Meson Theory, Cyclotron, New Weapons ; Section 6. Research on the Atomic Nucleus and Elementary Particles in Defeat ; Section 7. Supporters of Basic Science -- Chapter 2. The Formation of Japan's Tradition Of Organic Chemistry Research With Rikō Majima / Masanori Kaji. Section 1. In the Beginning: The Promise of the History of Scientific Thought in Twentieth Century Japanese Chemistry ; Section 2. The History of Japanese Chemistry up to Majima ; Section 3. Rikō Majima's Path to Becoming a Chemist ; Section 4. Rikō Majima's Research in Germany ; Section 5. Rikō Majima's Arrival at Tōhoku Imperial University and the Completion of His Research on Urushiol ; Section 6. The Further Development of Organic Chemistry Research on Natural Products by Majima's Students in Japan: Expansion and Limitations ; Section 7. Rikō Majima's Subsequent Research and Accomplishments, or His Philosophical Pathway as Seen from His Journal ; Section 8. In Conclusion -- Remaining Challenges Facing a History of Thought in Chemistry -- Chapter 3. The Formation And Development Of The Self-Image Of Kampō Medicine In Japan: The Relationship Between Showa-Period Kampō And Science / Shin Chang-Geon. Section 1. Situating the Issue ; Section 2. The Historical Foundation of Showa Kampō Medicine ; Section 3. The Origin and Self-Image of the "East Asian Medicine" Movement ; Section 4. Eliminating Korean Influence from the New Oriental Medicine ; Section 5. Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-314) and indexes.