2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
THE PROGRESS OF STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY IN JAPAN
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11680007
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
科学技術史(含科学社会学・科学技術基礎論)
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| Research Institution | RISSHO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
MIZOGUCHI Hazime RISSHO UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF SOCIAL WELFARE, PROFESSOR, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (80174051)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | HISTORY OF BIOLOGY / HISTORY OF LIFE SCIENCES / HISTORY OF JAPANESE SCIENCE / ZOOLOGISTS / JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY / HISTORIOGRAPHY / JAPANESE JOURNAL OF HISTORY OF BIOLOGY / JOURNAL OF HISTORY OF BIOLOGY |
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| Research Abstract |
IN THE PRESENT STUDY, I SURVEYED THE ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN JAPANESE JOURNAL OF HISTORY OF BIOLOGY(JJHB) FOUNDED IN 1955 TO CLARIFY THE CHARACTERIZATION OF STUDIES OF HISTORY BIOLOGY IN JAPAN. THEN, I COMPARED THEM WITH THE JOURNAL OF HISTORY OF BIOLOGY(JHB), WHICH STARTED IN 1968. MANY ARTICLES CONCERNING EVOLUTION THEORY WERE IN BOTH JOURNALS DURING THE 1970'S AND 1980'S. THE PERCENTAGES WERE ABOUT 17 % FOR JJHB AND 34 % JHB. THE AREAS OF PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY AND GENETICS FOLLOWED EVOLUTION THEORY IN BOTH JOURNALS. IN JHB THERE WAS ALSO A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ARTICLES FOCUSING ON BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. HOWEVER,THERE WERE FEW ARTICLES OF THIS TYPE IN JJHB. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JAPANESE AND THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN JOURNALS OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY ARE DISCUSSED.
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