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The Orientation of Science and Technology: A Japanese View

The Orientation of Science and Technology: A Japanese View

Paperback

Series: Collected Papers of Twentieth-Century Japanese Writers on Japan, Book 3

History & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 1905246722
ISBN13: 9781905246724
Publisher: Brill
Published: Feb 26 2009
Pages: 288
Weight: 2.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 7.00 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
One of the most distinguished science historians of the twentieth century, Shigeru Nakayama has been at the forefront of redirecting or 'reorientating' conventional East Asian science and technology, arguing, like Joseph Needham, that the 'orientation of science' refers not only to the direction of science but also implies a turning to Eastern science. In recent times, he has been arguing for implementation of a 'Service Science', which is linked to the rights and needs of mankind. A survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, he majored in astrophysics at the University of Tokyo and wrote on the history of astronomy for his PhD and later on the history of science for his Harvard PhD.

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