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OKAMOTO, Takuji

OKAMOTO, Takuji

Education
1989-1994 Dept. of Hist. & Phil. of Sci., Graduate School of Arts & Sci, Univ. of Tokyo
1985-1989 Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Tokyo


Sumary of qualifications

  • Ph. D. (History of Science, Univ. of Tokyo, 2004)
  • M. Sc. (History of Science, Univ. of Tokyo, 1991)
  • B. Sc. (Physics, Univ. of Tokyo, 1989)


Work experience

  • 2017-present Professor, Dept. of Hist. & Phil. of Sci., Graduate School of Arts & Sci., Univ. of Tokyo
  • 2005-2017 Associate Professor, Dept. of Hist. & Phil of Sci., Graduate School of Arts & Sci., Univ. of Tokyo
  • 1997-2005 Lecturer, Dept. of Hist. & Phil of Sci., Graduate School of Arts & Sci., Univ. of Tokyo
  • 1994-1997 Research Associate, Dept. of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University

Publications in English

  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "Reorganization, Deregulation, and Liberalization: Postwar Development of the Japanese Electric Power Industry and Its Change after 11 March 2011," Technology and Culture, 58 (2017), pp. 182-193.
  • Takuji OKAMOTO, "Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics: The Evolution of a Competitive View of Science," in Osamu Kanamori, ed., Essays on the History of Scientific Thought in Modern Japan, Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2016, pp. 101-176.
  • Takuji OKAMOTO, "The Shift in Public Perception of Science and Science Education in Postwar Japan," Ortwin Renn, Nicole C. Karafyllis, Andreas Hohlt, and Dorothea Taube, eds., International Science and Technology Education: Exploring Culture, Economy and Social Perceptions, Routledge, 2015, pp. 29-45.
  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "The First Higher School's Instruments for Science and Engineering Education," Historia Scientiarum, 20-3(2011), pp. 196-211
  • Takuji OKAMOTO, "Science and Competition: The Case of Physics in Japan, 1886-1949," UTCP (University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy) Bulletin, VI (2006), pp. 57-67.
  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "The Reconstruction of the Electric Power Industry," in Shigeru Nakayama et al., eds., A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan, vol. 2 (Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2005), pp. 414-453.
  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "Percy Williams Bridgman and the Evolution of Operationalism" (Ph. D. dissertation submitted to the Univ. of Tokyo, 2004)
  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "Percy Williams Bridgman and the Establishment of Theoretical Physics at Harvard," Historia Scientiarum, 14:1 (2004), pp. 1-48.
  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "Uncertainty and Controllability: Bridgman, Dingler, and Dewey," Historia Scientiarum, 12:3 (2003), pp. 233-253.
  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "The Reorganization of the Electric Power Industry in Japan," in Shigeru Nakayama et al., eds., A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan, vol. 1 (Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2001), pp. 319-352.
  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "Demystifying Dimensional Analysis: The Beginning of Bridgman's Scrutiny of Theoretical Physics," Historia Scientiarum, 8:1 (1998), pp. 21-52.
  • OKAMOTO Takuji, "Uncertainty of Operation: P. W. Bridgman and Quantum Mechanics," Historia Scientiarum, 3:1 (1993), pp. 35-62.