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Hideki Goto

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Goto Hideki

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性別
男性
生誕
1943-02-25 （Matsue, Shimane, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English
居住地歴
Matsue, Shimane (birthplace) → Tokyo (residence/research) → Yokohama (Yokohama City University affiliation) → Iwate (Iwate Medical University affiliation)

経歴

職業
Neurophysiologist, MD/PhD (Medicine), Science writer, University professor
活動期間
1968年〜
所属
Columbia University (researcher), University of London (researcher), Yokohama City University (lecturer), Iwate Medical University (associate professor), Teikyo Heisei University (professor)

学歴

Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Faculty of Science and Engineering / Department of Applied Physics
学位: 学士
期間: 〜1966
卒業年: 1966
国: Japan
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School
Graduate School / Department of Nuclear Engineering (master's)
学位: 修士
期間: 1966-1968
卒業年: 1968
国: Japan
Yokohama City University
Faculty of Medicine
学位: 医学博士
期間: 〜1976
卒業年: 1976
国: Japan
Doctoral thesis: A model of the activation process of Na[+] conductance in the squid axon

受賞歴

Japan Essayists' Club Prize
2014
対象作品: Geniuses and Eccentrics: A History of Japanese Science
主催: Japan Essayists' Club
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Medicine of Axonal Transport

1986年 Medical science

A technical book discussing the physiology and pathophysiology of axonal transport in nerves.

neurophysiologyintracellular transport

Nerves and Chemical Transmission

1988年 Medical science

An explanatory work on neurotransmission and chemical mechanisms, containing material for researchers.

neurotransmissionchemical signaling

Squid Nerves, Human Brains

2009年 Popular science

Using studies of squid nervous systems as an entry point, this book explains basics and applications of brain science for general readers.

brain sciencepopular explanation

One-month Easy English Conversation Brain Training by Leading Neuroscientists

2010年 Practical guide

A training book for learning conversational English using insights from brain science.

learning methodsbrain training

Geniuses and Eccentrics: A History of Japanese Science — 150 Years from Opening to Nobel Prizes

2013年 History of science / Biography

A popular history tracing the achievements and backgrounds of Japanese scientists since the country's opening, interpreting the development of modern Japanese science.

history of sciencebiographymodernization

Geniuses and Eccentrics: A History of Japanese Science (Kadokawa Sophia Bunko edition)

2023年 History of science

Paperback edition of the above book, reedited for broader readership.

history of sciencepopularization

全著作

  • Medicine of Axonal Transport (Kainarisha, 1986)
  • Nerves and Chemical Transmission (University of Tokyo Press, 1988)
  • Squid Nerves, Human Brains (Shinchosha, 2009)
  • One-month Easy English Conversation Brain Training (ASCII Media Works, 2010)
  • Geniuses and Eccentrics: A History of Japanese Science (Minerva Shobo, 2013)
  • Geniuses and Eccentrics: A History of Japanese Science (Kadokawa Sophia Bunko, 2023)
  • The Science and Medicine of Pain — Can We Overcome Pain? (2018)

作風・主題

文体
expository and evidence-based style that renders technical knowledge accessiblefact- and history-driven narrative
頻出モチーフ
mechanisms of the brain and nervous systemportraits of Japanese scientists and the history of science

評価・遺産

Recognized both for contributions to neurophysiological research and for science popularization through accessible writing on neuroscience and history of science. Winner of the 2014 Japan Essayists' Club Prize, broadened readership for works on history of Japanese science.

豆知識

  • Born in Matsue, Shimane.
  • Known both for research achievements and for popular science and history-of-science writing.