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Intro
Preface: A History of Modern Astronomy in Japan
Acknowledgment
Contents
Chapter 1: Astronomy in the Tokugawa Period, 1603-1868
1.1 Tokugawa Period and Astronomy
1.2 Calendar Reforms
1.2.1 Shibukawa Harumi and Jokyo Calendar
1.2.2 Horeki Calendar
1.2.3 Kansei Calendar
1.2.4 Tenpo Calendar
1.3 Acceptance of Western Cosmology
1.3.1 Mukai Gensho and Aristotelian Cosmology
1.3.2 Kobayashi Kentei and Aristotelian Cosmology
1.3.3 Motoki Ryoei and Copernican Cosmology
1.3.4 Shizuki Tadao and Newtonian Cosmology
1.3.5 Yamagata Banto and Criticism of Traditional Cosmology
1.3.6 Kawamoto Komin and Modern Physics
References
Chapter 2: Astronomy from Meiji to Taisho Period 1868-1926
2.1 Meiji-Taisho Period and Background of Astronomy
2.1.1 Calendar Reform
2.1.2 Construction of a New Observatory
2.1.3 Higher Education in Early Meiji Era
2.1.4 Taisho Period (1912-1926)
2.2 Positional Astronomy
2.2.1 E. Lépissier and H. M. Paul, First Foreign Instructors
2.2.2 Terao Hisashi and Position Astronomy
2.2.3 Kimura Hisashi and Latitude Variations
2.2.4 Hirayama Shin and Astronomy
2.2.5 Hirayama Kiyotsugu and Asteroids
2.3 Dawn of Astrophysics and Geophysics
2.3.1 T.C. Mendenhall, First Professor of Physics
2.3.2 Tanakadate Aikitsu and Geophysics
2.3.3 Nagaoka Hantaro and Physics
2.3.4 Takamine Toshio and Spectroscopy
2.4 Shinjo Shinzo and Astrophysics
2.4.1 Life and Works
2.4.2 The Meteoroid Theory of Stellar Evolution
2.4.2.1 Universal Existence of Meteoroids
2.4.2.2 Theory of Stellar Variability
2.4.2.3 Stellar Evolution
2.4.3 History of Oriental Astronomy
2.5 Ichinohe Naozo and the Plan for a New Observatory
2.5.1 Early Life (Nakayama 1989)
2.5.2 Study of Astrophysics at Yerkes Observatory
2.5.3 Plan of a New Astronomical Observatory in Taiwan
2.5.4 Later Life
References
Chapter 3: Astronomy in Early Showa. I. Tokyo 1926-1945
3.1 The TAO and the IAU
3.2 Tokyo Astronomical Observatory and Astronomy
3.3 Hagihara Yusuke and Celestial Mechanics
3.3.1 Life and Works
3.3.2 Celestial Mechanics
3.3.3 Physics of Planetary Nebulae
3.3.3.1 Planetary Nebulae in Radiative Equilibrium
3.3.3.2 Velocity Distribution of Electrons in Planetary Nebulae
3.3.4 Construction of the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
3.4 Hatanaka Takeo and Astrophysics
3.4.1 Life and Works
3.4.2 Physics of Planetary Nebulae
3.4.3 Radio Astronomy
3.4.4 Evolution of Galaxies
3.4.4.1 Origin of Stellar Population
3.4.4.2 Evolution of Galaxies
3.5 Fujita Yoshio and Cool Stars
3.5.1 Life and Works
3.5.2 Theoretical Spectroscopy
3.5.3 Spectroscopic Observations at Lick and Yerkes Observatories
3.5.4 Okayama Astrophysical Observatory and Observations of Carbon Stars
Preface: A History of Modern Astronomy in Japan
Acknowledgment
Contents
Chapter 1: Astronomy in the Tokugawa Period, 1603-1868
1.1 Tokugawa Period and Astronomy
1.2 Calendar Reforms
1.2.1 Shibukawa Harumi and Jokyo Calendar
1.2.2 Horeki Calendar
1.2.3 Kansei Calendar
1.2.4 Tenpo Calendar
1.3 Acceptance of Western Cosmology
1.3.1 Mukai Gensho and Aristotelian Cosmology
1.3.2 Kobayashi Kentei and Aristotelian Cosmology
1.3.3 Motoki Ryoei and Copernican Cosmology
1.3.4 Shizuki Tadao and Newtonian Cosmology
1.3.5 Yamagata Banto and Criticism of Traditional Cosmology
1.3.6 Kawamoto Komin and Modern Physics
References
Chapter 2: Astronomy from Meiji to Taisho Period 1868-1926
2.1 Meiji-Taisho Period and Background of Astronomy
2.1.1 Calendar Reform
2.1.2 Construction of a New Observatory
2.1.3 Higher Education in Early Meiji Era
2.1.4 Taisho Period (1912-1926)
2.2 Positional Astronomy
2.2.1 E. Lépissier and H. M. Paul, First Foreign Instructors
2.2.2 Terao Hisashi and Position Astronomy
2.2.3 Kimura Hisashi and Latitude Variations
2.2.4 Hirayama Shin and Astronomy
2.2.5 Hirayama Kiyotsugu and Asteroids
2.3 Dawn of Astrophysics and Geophysics
2.3.1 T.C. Mendenhall, First Professor of Physics
2.3.2 Tanakadate Aikitsu and Geophysics
2.3.3 Nagaoka Hantaro and Physics
2.3.4 Takamine Toshio and Spectroscopy
2.4 Shinjo Shinzo and Astrophysics
2.4.1 Life and Works
2.4.2 The Meteoroid Theory of Stellar Evolution
2.4.2.1 Universal Existence of Meteoroids
2.4.2.2 Theory of Stellar Variability
2.4.2.3 Stellar Evolution
2.4.3 History of Oriental Astronomy
2.5 Ichinohe Naozo and the Plan for a New Observatory
2.5.1 Early Life (Nakayama 1989)
2.5.2 Study of Astrophysics at Yerkes Observatory
2.5.3 Plan of a New Astronomical Observatory in Taiwan
2.5.4 Later Life
References
Chapter 3: Astronomy in Early Showa. I. Tokyo 1926-1945
3.1 The TAO and the IAU
3.2 Tokyo Astronomical Observatory and Astronomy
3.3 Hagihara Yusuke and Celestial Mechanics
3.3.1 Life and Works
3.3.2 Celestial Mechanics
3.3.3 Physics of Planetary Nebulae
3.3.3.1 Planetary Nebulae in Radiative Equilibrium
3.3.3.2 Velocity Distribution of Electrons in Planetary Nebulae
3.3.4 Construction of the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
3.4 Hatanaka Takeo and Astrophysics
3.4.1 Life and Works
3.4.2 Physics of Planetary Nebulae
3.4.3 Radio Astronomy
3.4.4 Evolution of Galaxies
3.4.4.1 Origin of Stellar Population
3.4.4.2 Evolution of Galaxies
3.5 Fujita Yoshio and Cool Stars
3.5.1 Life and Works
3.5.2 Theoretical Spectroscopy
3.5.3 Spectroscopic Observations at Lick and Yerkes Observatories
3.5.4 Okayama Astrophysical Observatory and Observations of Carbon Stars