2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
General Survey of Historical Materials of Traditional Japanese Science and Natural Disasters
| Project/Area Number |
25282064
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology/History of science and technology
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| Research Institution | The University of Electro-Communications |
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Principal Investigator |
Sato Kenichi 電気通信大学, 情報理工学(系)研究科, 准教授 (90323873)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
福田 舞子 大阪大学, 学内共同利用施設等, 研究員 (20637269)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 科学史 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
(1)We surveyed bibliography of two traditional Japanese mathematicians, Ishizuka Rokurobe and Yokokawa Genetsu. (2)We investigated the origin of Japanese traditional land-survey instruments in the 17th century, brought from Dutch. (3)We surveyed natural historian, Yoshio Tanaka's manuscripts and made new catalogue of his materials. (4)We published the general history of traditional Japanese mathematics in Sendai Clan. (5)We researched and analyzed the historical articles of natural disasters in Miyagi prefecture.
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| Free Research Field |
日本科学史
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