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Japanese Studies in the History of Science, Supplement 2 / 1971

Abū Kāmil’s “On the Pentagon and Decagon” Mohammad Yadegari and Martin Levey Japanese Studies in the History of Science, Supplement 2 / 1971. The History of Science Society of Japan, Tokyo March 1972 54pp Download the Journal Sample PDFOpen Access Download the Journal PDF (Members Only) Abū Kāmil’s “On the Pentagon and Decagon” by Mohammad Yadegari and Martin Levey [1] Abū Kāmil Shujāc ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shujāc (ca. 850-930 A.D.) was known as al-Hasib al-Misrī, “the reckoner from Egypt.” He is, after al-Khwārizmī (ca. 825), the earliest algebraist of the Islamic Middle Ages whose writings are extant [2]. His work is important in the history of mathematics for … Continue reading

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Japanese Studies in the History of Science, Supplement 1 / 1971

Chemical Aspects of Medieval Arabic Minting in a Treatise By Mansur ibn Bacra Martin Levey Japanese Studies in the History of Science, Supplement 1 / 1971. The History of Science Society of Japan, Tokyo March 1972 136pp Download the Journal Sample PDFOpen Access Download the Journal PDF (Members Only) CONTENTS Download the Contents Page PDF(Open Access) Preface Download the Preface Page PDF(Open Access) Arabic Minting I Arabic Chemical Technology 1 II Noble Metals in Currency and Their legality 11 III Origin of Minerals and Their Chemical Treatment 17 IV Parting of Gold and Silver 22 V Refining of Gold for Coinage 25 VI Testing of Gold and Gold Coins 28 … Continue reading

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Japanese Studies in the History of Science, No.10 / 1971

Japanese Studies in the History of Science, No.10 / 1971 Masao Watanabe, Ed. The History of Science Society of Japan, Tokyo March 1972 188pp Download the Journal PDF (Members Only) « Previous Issue | Next Issue » Table of Contents Download the Table of Contents PDF (Open Access)   Surveys & Documents History of Science and Technology in Japan Mitsutomo Yuasa pp.1-16 1st Page-PDF(Open Access) |Full text-PDF (Members Only) Survey of “Science in Colonialism” Shigeru Nakayama pp.17-21 1st Page-PDF(Open Access) |Full text-PDF (Members Only) Research Group of the Committee for the Publication of Hantaro Nagaoka’s Biography Eri Yagi pp.23-24 1st Page-PDF(Open Access) |Full text-PDF (Members Only) Teaching History of Science … Continue reading

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Article 1 [First Page] How Physical Laws Were Understood in Mid-19th Century East Asia : A Comparative Study of Choe Han-gi and Nishi Amane(pp.1-20) KIM,Sungkhun Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California, Berkley Abstract This article analyzes the work of two Neo-Confucianists, Choe Han-gi (1803-1877) and Nishi Amane (1829-1897), who endeavored to construct the metaphysical ground of modern scientific knowledge in Korea and Japan during the mid-19th century. The influx of Western scientific knowledge into East Asia triggered a reinterpretation of Neo-Confucianism, which had been the main body of traditional knowledge. Nishi and Choe designed the philosophical underpinning that allowed acceptance of modern Western scientific knowledge. This … Continue reading

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