
Hajime Inaba
(稲葉 肇)
Modified on: 2020/11/06
Profile Information
- Affiliation
- Meiji University School of Political Science and Economics Senior Assistant Professor
- Degree
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Ph.D.(Kyoto University)
- Contact information
- Hajime.Inaba
gmail.com
- Researcher number
- 00793093
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 201101051014694943
- External link
I study the history of science, especially of physics. My dissertation "Historical investigations into the development of statistical mechanics," which was defended on January 2015, examines the history of statistical mechanics with especial focus on the ensemble theory of Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903). In this dissertation I described the genealogies of the ensemble theory and thermodynamic analogies in the late 19th century (e.g., James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894), and Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906)), and followed the reception of the ensemble theory in the 1900s (e.g., Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928), Leonard Salomon Ornstein (1880-1941)).
I am interested also in the energetics (Energetik) of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), who criticized the kinetic theory of gases and statistical mechanics for using molecular-theoretic hypotheses and proposed an alternative unifying theory based on the concept of energy as an observable quantity. Ostwald included in the scope of energetics not only physics and chemistry, but also biology, mind and society in the 1900s. Although it encountered much criticism and looks pseudo-scientific from our viewpoint, his energetics was quite popular among the German-speaking people at the time. After finishing the dissertation, I will follow the reception process of Ostwald' energetics in the German-speaking world at the beginning of the twentieth century.
I am interested also in the energetics (Energetik) of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), who criticized the kinetic theory of gases and statistical mechanics for using molecular-theoretic hypotheses and proposed an alternative unifying theory based on the concept of energy as an observable quantity. Ostwald included in the scope of energetics not only physics and chemistry, but also biology, mind and society in the 1900s. Although it encountered much criticism and looks pseudo-scientific from our viewpoint, his energetics was quite popular among the German-speaking people at the time. After finishing the dissertation, I will follow the reception process of Ostwald' energetics in the German-speaking world at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Research Interests
7Research Areas
2Research History
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Apr, 2019 - Aug, 2019
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Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019
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Sep, 2017 - Mar, 2018
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Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2018
Education
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Apr, 2003 - Mar, 2007
Books and Other Publications
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丸善出版 Oct, 2020 (ISBN: 9784621305645)
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Kagaku-Doujin Mar, 2017 (ISBN: 4759818391)
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名古屋大学出版会 Jul 1, 2015 (ISBN: 4815808104)
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名古屋大学出版会 Jul 1, 2015 (ISBN: 4815808090)
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丸善出版 Jan, 2012 (ISBN: 4621083872)
Papers
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Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series E (Science and Engineering) 41 7 - 21 Dec, 2018 Peer-reviewed
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Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan 28(1) 36 - 53 Aug, 2018 Peer-reviewed
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KAGAKUSHI 43 62 - 71 Jun, 2016 Peer-reviewed
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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL H 40(4-5) 489 - 526 Dec, 2015 Peer-reviewed
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Kyoto University Mar, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Misc.
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現代思想 48(12) 164 - 174 Aug, 2020 Invited
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BUTSURI 74(11) 792 - 794 Nov, 2019 Invited
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現代思想 47(10) 157 - 169 Aug, 2019 Invited
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Physics Education in University 25 27 - 30 Mar, 2019 Invited
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Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan 28(1) 1 - 2 Aug, 2018
Presentations
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1st Conference of the International Academy of the History of Science Sep 13, 2019
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栁瀨睦男先生帰天10周年記念フォーラム Dec 8, 2018 Invited
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The Physical Society of Japan 2018 Autumn Meeting (Condensed Matter Physics) Sep 11, 2018 Invited
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65th Annual Conference of the History of Science Society, Japan May 27, 2018
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MIPS (三田哲学会哲学・倫理学部門) 2017年度例会 Oct 28, 2017 Invited
Teaching Experience
15Professional Memberships
4Research Projects
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Grant-in-Aid
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Grant-in-Aid
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The Kyoto University Foundation Financial Support for Attending International Conferences
Committee Memberships
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Apr, 2020 - Present
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Jul, 2018 - Present
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Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2020
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May, 2016 - Jun, 2017
Other
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Aug, 2018 - Aug, 2018Special issue “Energetics Revisited” of Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan 28 (2018).
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Jun, 2017 - Jun, 20172017年度科学基礎論学会(於琉球大学,2017年6月17〜18日)において,科学史学会との共催ワークショップ「物理学における実在と測定」の科学史学会側のオーガナイザーとコメンテーターを務めた. http://phsc.jp/conference.html#2017
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Mar, 2017 - Mar, 2017Organized an international workshop on the history of energetics. https://sites.google.com/view/ws-energetics-2017/startseite
Social Activities
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