A History of Japanese Astronomy

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A History of Japanese Astronomy is written by Shigeru Nakayama and published by Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674182855 (ISBN 10) and 9780674182851 (ISBN 13).

This first comprehensive history in a Western language of the development of Japanese astronomy has interest beyond its immediate subject area, for astronomy has often been the focus of the transmission of a wide range of scientific ideas from one culture to another. Mr. Nakayama explains the historical background, with particular emphasis on the accessibility of foreign ideas at different times. The author thoroughly examines the superimposition of Western cosmology on the radically different Chinese modes of thought prevalent in Japan.