Science Quote by Thomas Sowell

“As is known worldwide, Japan has tried to catch up with the western countries since the beginning of this century by importing science from…

— Kenichi Fukui

“We hope that general readers with an interest in Japan will find in these accounts of fieldwork a wide spectrum of illustrations of the…

— Theodore C. Bestor

“Japan is probably the best... example of the abandonment of an ancient and nature-oriented ethos for the spirit of progress, Western style.”

— John Livingston. from "One Cosmic Moment

“The whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I'd been very influenced by what I'd seen in Japan. Part of what I greatly admired there - and part of what we were…

— Walter Isaacson

While political and cultural factors are important as explanations for differences in national technology policy and industrial practices, emergent trends in science, engineering and…

— Lewis M. Branscomb

“country. The youngsters became independent; the idea of living isolated in a poor imitation of Japan was finished. We integrated into America.”

— Isabel Allende

“One of Scotland's most important cultural exports - stories.”

— Sara Sheridan

Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America…

— Shigeru Yoshida

“Technology has transformed the world into a global village. And communities, families, friends, etc., into local islands.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The nineteenth century will ever be known as the one in which the influences of science were first fully realised in civilised communities; the…

— Norman Lockyer

“Reading about Japan in the West is often like looking at a funhouse mirror through a kaleidoscope.”

— Nick Mamatas