A historical study of the birth of atomic physics in Japan, 1920-1945

• Project/Area Number: 21500976
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
• Principal Investigator: ITO Kenji 総合研究大学院大学, 先導科学研究科, 准教授 (90345158)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 物理学史 / 日本の科学史 / 仁科芳雄 / 量子力学史 / 原子物理学

Research Abstract

This study has illuminated the process in which a research tradition of nuclear physics was established in Japan through the introduction of quantum mechanics, and the institutional, social and cultural backgrounds against which this process took place. In addition, it carried out biographical researches of Nishina Yoshio, who played a critical role in this process.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Superposing dynamos and electrons : Electrical engineering and quantum physics in Nishina Yoshio (2012)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
• [Journal Article] Vor Astro Boy : roboterbilder im Nachkriesgjapan (2010)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Journal Title: Technikgeschichte Volume: 77 Pages: 353-372
• [Journal Article] Vor Astro Boy : Roboterbilder im Nachkriegsjapan, 1945-1952 (2010)
  • Author(s): ITO Kenji
  • Journal Title: Technikgeschichte Volume: 77 Pages: 353-372
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Superposing dynamis and electrons : Electrical engineering and quantum physics in Nishina Yoshio
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Journal Title: HQ3 : Proceedings Volume: (accepted & in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Mimesis or intelligent appropriation of' Western' science in the Meiji Restoration? (2012)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: History of Modern Sciences
  • Place of Presentation: Uppsala University
• [Presentation] Building a research tradition in Japanese physics (2011)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Science, technology, and medicine in East Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Ohio State University
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-09
• [Presentation] Building a Research Tradition in Japanese Physics (2011)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Science, Technology, and Medicine in East Asia : Policy, Practice, and Implications in a Global
  • Place of Presentation: Ohio State University
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-09
• [Presentation] Cultural hybrid and transmission of knowledge : the case of the philosophy of quantum mechanics in Japan, 1925-1940 (2010)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: European society for the History of Science Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Barcelona
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-18
• [Presentation] Cultural hybrids and transmission of knowledge: The case of the philosophy of quantum mechanics in Japan, 1925-1940 (2010)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: European Society for the History of Science Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: バルセロナ
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-18
• [Presentation] Nuclear imagery and cultural meanings of the atomic bomb in the occupied Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Society for Social Studies of Science annual meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-28
• [Presentation] Nuclear Imagery and Cultural Meanings of the Atomic Bombin the Occupied Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Society for Social Studies of Science
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学駒場キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-28
• [Presentation] From Electrical engineering to quantum physics : The case of NishinaYoshio (2010)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: HQ_3 Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Berlin
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-01
• [Presentation] From Electrical Engineering to Quantum Physics : The Case of Nishina Yoshio (2010)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: HQ-3 Conference
  • Place of Presentation: ベルリン
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-01
• [Presentation] Large telescope and the Mountain : Politics of place, expertise, and local knowledge in the case of the Subaru Telescope (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Society for Social Studies of Science annual meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Washington, D. C.
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-30
• [Presentation] Large Telescopes and the Mountain : Politics of Place, Expertise, and Local Knowledge in the Case of the Subaru Telescope (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Society for Social Studies of Science
  • Place of Presentation: ワシントン
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-30
• [Presentation] Price of Transdisciplinarity : Politics, academia, and introduction of STS into Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Society of the History of Technology annual meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Pittsburgh
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-16
• [Presentation] Price of Transdisciplinarity : Politics, Academia, and Introduction of STS into Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Society for the History of Technology
  • Place of Presentation: ピッツバーグ
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-16
• [Presentation] community building and transmission of knowledge : The case of quantum physics in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: XXIII International Congress for the History of Science
  • Place of Presentation: Budapest
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-29
• [Presentation] Community Building and Transmission of Knowledge : The Case of Quantum Physics in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: XXIII International Congress for the History of Science
  • Place of Presentation: ブダペスト
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-29
• [Presentation] Before Astroboy : Robot discourse, nuke talkstalks, and cultural meanings of science and technology in mid-20th century Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Wissenschaftlichen Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Technigeschichte 2009
  • Place of Presentation: Offenbach
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-23
• [Presentation] Before Astroboy : Robot Discourse, Nuke Talks, and Cultural Meanings of Science and Technology in Mid-20th Century Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Kenji Ito
  • Organizer: Wissenschaftlichen Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Technikgeschichte 2009, Hochschule fur Gestaltung
  • Place of Presentation: オッフェンバッハ
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-23
• [Book] Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future : Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb (2010)
  • Author(s): Robert Jacobs
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
• [Book] Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future : Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb (2010)
  • Author(s): Robert Jacobs ed.
  • Publisher: Lexington Books