This study is the fourth and final volume of a comprehensive survey that
documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from
post-war devastation to its rise as a global leader. A team of more than
fifty Japanese experts labored for ten years to assemble unique
materials into this monumental work of careful scholarship. The fourth
volume deals with the decade from 1970 to 1979. It includes numerous
tables and figures, has a bibliographic guide and notes at the end of
each chapter, as well as a consolidated bibliography. An indispensable
resource...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through
professionals; two-year technical program students. - CHOICE on Volume 1