20世紀のノーベル賞(自然科学)受賞者数に関する考察 : "風土の効果"と"文明の衝突"

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"The purpose of this paper is to survey and analyze the number of Nobelists (Natural Science) in the 20th century. The main research items are as follows; a) The classification of all Nobelists(439) into eight "Civilizations" suggested by Prof. Samuel P. Huntington b) The "Civilizations" yielded more than three Nobelists are the following three, respectively; (1) Western [including USA(203), Canada(7), Australia(4)] ......452 (2) Orthodox [including Greece (1)] ......13 (3) Japanese ......7 The remaining five "Civilizations" [Islamic(1), Hindu(1), Latin American(0), Sinic(0), African(0)] resulted three Nobelists in total. c) The author has found the "Nobel Prize in Science Quardrilateral" (see Fig1 and Table3) by plotting the Nobelist Nos. on the European map, and has estimated that the difference of Nobelist nos. in the Zones 0~III, should be caused by the difference of national characters brought up and imprinted by the climate 4) of each zone, during thousands of long years. d) The author suggests the following hypothesis by the extension of the estimations mentioned above. That is, the significant difference of Nobelist nos. between the world eight "Civilizations" may also be caused by the difference of the aptitude for the studies in Natural Science fields brought up and imprinted by the each climate. If the above hypothesis is correct, as far as the Nobelist nos. is concerned "The Clash of Civilizations" may means "The Clash of Climates". e) The original and high grade scientific research such as Nobel Prize, must be necessary for maintaining the Japanese prosperity of future generation. It may be, however, very difficult to increase in the number of Nobelists by the following reasons ; (1) The climate surrounding Japan belongs to the No.1 category ("monsoon area", mainly East-South Asia) suggested by the late Prof. Tetsuro Watsuji. It is proved in this paper that no Nobelist has been resulted in this category with the exception of Japan (seven Nobelists). (2) The Japanese character brought up and imprinted by the climate, should be mild and/or soft (less tenacious) in comparison with to that of Anglo-Saxon / Germanic people in the ZoneI of the Nobel Prize Quardrilateral.The above character should be considered as disadvantageous factor for the studies in Natural Science field. f) After the end of WWII, Japanese educational systems were perfectly changed, including the abolition of the "classical high school" (almost similar to the "public school" in England). The author believes that the disappearance of the above school was the most critical disadvantage for the achievement of the fields of the high level studies on both the Cultural and Natural Science fields."
2005-03-31

20世紀のノーベル賞(自然科学)受賞者数に関する考察 : "風土の効果"と"文明の衝突"

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