Name
- Osamu Sakura, Ph.D.
Affiliation
- Associate Professor
- Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
- University of Tokyo
Specialties
- STS, Science communication, Evolutional biology
Education
- B.A. in Animal Psychology, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo, Japan
- M.Sc. in Zoology, Dept. Science, Primate Research Institiute, Kyoto University, Japan
- Ph.D in Primatology, Dept. Science, Primate Research Institiute, Kyoto University, Japan
Selected Publications (Up to 5)
- Sakura, O. (2006) Social role and cultural perspective of science communicatior. Kagaku 76:42-47.
- Sakura, O. (2003) A Challenge of Evolutionary Thought. Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten.
- Sakura, O. (2002) Evolutionary Thinking as a Tool of Philosophy. Tokyo: Kodansha.
- Sakura O. (1998) Similarities and varieties: a sketch on the acceptance of Darwinism and sociobiology in Japan. Biology and Philosophy 13: 341-357.
- Sakura O. (1994) Factors affecting party size and composition of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Bossou, Guinea. International Journal of Primatology 15: 167-183.