A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan: Volume 1: The Occupation Period 1945-1952 - Paperback

by Shigeru Nakayama (Editor)

This title is the first volume of a comprehensive, four-volume survey which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastation to its attaining a leading global status. A team of more than fifty Japanese experts labored for ten years in assembling the unique materials into a monumental work of careful scholarship. The study won the prestigious Mainichi Publications Award in 1997.

Author Biography

Shigeru Nakayama was a Japanese historian of science.