Comparative Studies on Japanese Chemistry from the 1930s to 1960s as a Turning Point of Chemistry in Japan

About This Project

Japan Grant Number
JP24300295 (JGN)
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding Organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Kakenhi Information

Project/Area Number
24300295
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type
  • Partial Multi-year Fund
Review Section / Research Field
  • Integrated Science and Innovative Science > Comprehensive Fields > Sociology/History of science and technology > Sociology/History of science and technology
Research Institution
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology
Project Period (FY)
2012-04-01 〜 2015-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
17,160,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 13,200,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 3,960,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

The years between the 1920s and the 1960s saw a transformation of chemistry in several aspects. These included the development of biochemistry, polymer chemistry, quantum chemistry, and computational chemistry, as well as the instrumental revolution. Chemistry was greatly influenced by World War II and the Cold War. These years also saw developments in Japanese chemistry. In addition to historical studies on three important fields of chemistry, namely organic chemistry, inorganic and geochemistry and polymer chemistry in Japan by the members of this project, the international workshop “Transformation of Chemistry from the 1920s to the 1960s” was held to stimulate a discussion of the transformation of chemistry in Japan and/or in the world during the period with comparative perspectives. In the workshop 22 papers was read by 9 Japanese and 13 historians from abroad with three keynote lectures by prominent historians of chemistry from overseas.

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