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Shigeru Nakayama
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<h2 id="life">Life</h2> <p>Nakayama was born in 1928, in <a href="/facts/Amagasaki/DlxRbUXU">Amagasaki</a>, and brought up there.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> He survived the <a href="/facts/Hiroshima_atom_bomb/4XAsA7xT">Hiroshima atom bomb</a> of 1945.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> He left Hiroshima Higher School in 1948, and graduated from <a href="/facts/Tokyo_University/Td0xnQDF">Tokyo University</a> with a degree in <a href="/facts/Mathematical_astronomy/4EjXwswq">mathematical astronomy</a> in 1951.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>As a graduate student, Nakayama was a <a href="/facts/Fulbright_scholar/94E6ee46">Fulbright scholar</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> He worked with <a href="/facts/Thomas_Kuhn/gIHlTbdr">Thomas Kuhn</a> and then <a href="/facts/Joseph_Needham/lC1qJAuI">Joseph Needham</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Besides those two scholars, he regarded Kiyosi Yabuuti (1906–2000) as one of his teachers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> At Harvard in the late 1950s, he met fellow graduate student <a href="/facts/Nathan_Sivin/gCg9B96b">Nathan Sivin</a>, with whom he worked for many decades. <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> Nakayama was on the staff of Tokyo University from 1960 to 1989.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> As Professor Emeritus, he was at <a href="/facts/Kanagawa_University/Pju0Ul8Y">Kanagawa University</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>Nakayama died in Tokyo on Saturday 10 May 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="works">Works</h2> <ul><li><i>Japanese Studies in the History of Astronomy</i> (1962)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><i>A History of Japanese Astronomy: Chinese Background and Western Impact</i> (1969)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><i>Characteristics of scientific development in Japan</i> (1977)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><i>Academic and scientific traditions in China, Japan, and the West</i> (1984)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><i>Science, Technology, and Society in Postwar Japan</i> (1991)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><i>A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan: The Occupation Period, 1945-1952</i> (2001), with Kunio Goto and Hitoshi Yoshioka</li> <li><i>A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan: Road to Self-Reliance, 1952-1959</i> (2005), with Kunio Goto and Hitoshi Yoshioka</li> <li><i>A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan: Transformation period, 1970-1979</i> (2006)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Orientation of Science and Technology: A Japanese View</i> (2009)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Abstract: Low, Morris (2014). In memoriam: Shigeru Nakayama (1928-2014). Historia Scientiarum 24 (1) 25-28.UQ eSpace". espace.library.uq.edu.au. <a href="https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:341523" target="_blank">https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:341523</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (2009). The Orientation of Science and Technology: A Japanese View. Global Oriental. p. viii. ISBN 978-90-04-21307-4. <a href="978-90-04-21307-4" target="_blank">978-90-04-21307-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Shigeru Nakayama / Alumni / Fellows and Alumni / IAS-STS - IAS-STS". www.ifz.at.[permanent dead link] <a href="https://www.ifz.at/ias/IAS-STS/Fellows-and-Alumni/Alumni/Shigeru-Nakayama" target="_blank">https://www.ifz.at/ias/IAS-STS/Fellows-and-Alumni/Alumni/Shigeru-Nakayama</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Shigeru Nakayama". www.international.ucla.edu. <a href="https://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/people/usjapan/1660" target="_blank">https://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/people/usjapan/1660</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (2009). The Orientation of Science and Technology: A Japanese View. Global Oriental. p. viii. ISBN 978-90-04-21307-4. <a href="978-90-04-21307-4" target="_blank">978-90-04-21307-4</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Shigeru Nakayama / Alumni / Fellows and Alumni / IAS-STS - IAS-STS". www.ifz.at.[permanent dead link] <a href="https://www.ifz.at/ias/IAS-STS/Fellows-and-Alumni/Alumni/Shigeru-Nakayama" target="_blank">https://www.ifz.at/ias/IAS-STS/Fellows-and-Alumni/Alumni/Shigeru-Nakayama</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Abstract: Low, Morris (2014). In memoriam: Shigeru Nakayama (1928-2014). Historia Scientiarum 24 (1) 25-28.UQ eSpace". espace.library.uq.edu.au. <a href="https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:341523" target="_blank">https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:341523</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (1995), "Working with Nathan Sivin: Four Decades", East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, 12 (1): 6–9, doi:10.1163/26669323-01201004, S2CID 164449074 <a href="/wiki/Nakayama_Shigeru" target="_blank">/wiki/Nakayama_Shigeru</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Shigeru Nakayama / Alumni / Fellows and Alumni / IAS-STS - IAS-STS". www.ifz.at.[permanent dead link] <a href="https://www.ifz.at/ias/IAS-STS/Fellows-and-Alumni/Alumni/Shigeru-Nakayama" target="_blank">https://www.ifz.at/ias/IAS-STS/Fellows-and-Alumni/Alumni/Shigeru-Nakayama</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Heilbron, John L. (2003). The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science. Oxford University Press. p. xviii. ISBN 978-0-19-974376-6. <a href="978-0-19-974376-6" target="_blank">978-0-19-974376-6</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Passing of Prof. Shigeru Nakayama, Terasaki Chair in US-Japan Relations, 2008-09". international.ucla.edu. <a href="https://international.ucla.edu/Institute/article/139623" target="_blank">https://international.ucla.edu/Institute/article/139623</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (1962). Japanese Studies in the History of Astronomy. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wHOJtQEACAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=wHOJtQEACAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (1969). A History of Japanese Astronomy: Chinese Background and Western Impact. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-626533-9. <a href="978-0-19-626533-9" target="_blank">978-0-19-626533-9</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>NAKAYAMA, S (1977). Characteristics of scientific development in Japan. The Centre for the study of science, technology and development (CSIR). <a href="https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=12717038" target="_blank">https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=12717038</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (1984). Academic and scientific traditions in China, Japan, and the West. University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 978-4-13-068107-0. <a href="978-4-13-068107-0" target="_blank">978-4-13-068107-0</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (1991). Science, Technology, and Society in Postwar Japan. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 978-0-7103-0428-5. <a href="978-0-7103-0428-5" target="_blank">978-0-7103-0428-5</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (2006). A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan: Transformation period, 1970-1979. Trans Pacific Press. ISBN 978-1-876843-46-5. <a href="978-1-876843-46-5" target="_blank">978-1-876843-46-5</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Nakayama, Shigeru (2009). The Orientation of Science and Technology: A Japanese View. Global Oriental. ISBN 978-90-04-21307-4. <a href="978-90-04-21307-4" target="_blank">978-90-04-21307-4</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>