Science. 1992 Oct 23;258(5082):573-6.
Japan may look homogenous but the pace of change has actually created a people of extraordinary diversity. Scientists educated before the war at the elite "Imperial" universities are different from those born a few years later; those who experienced postwar poverty are not the same as those born into riches a little later; researchers in wealthy industrial labs see the world differently from their poorer colleagues at the universities; and scientists who have lived abroad for a long while change their perceptions for ever. Below, Science talks to Japanese scientists of different ages and different experiences in a wide variety of disciplines: Among them are a Nobel Prize--winner, an ex-student radical, one of Japan's most powerful scientific leaders, an eccentric genius--and some older people who remember Japan's problems and younger people who see Japan's opportunities.
日本看似是一个同质化的国家，但实际上，变化的步伐造就了一个具有非凡多样性的民族。战前在精英“帝国”大学接受教育的科学家与战后几年出生的科学家不同；经历过战后贫困的人与稍晚出生在富裕家庭的人不同；在富裕工业实验室工作的研究人员与在大学工作的较贫困同事看待世界的方式不同；长期生活在国外的科学家的观念会永远改变。以下，《科学》杂志采访了不同年龄、不同经历、来自广泛学科领域的日本科学家：其中有一位诺贝尔奖获得者、一名前学生激进分子、日本最有影响力的科学领袖之一、一位古怪的天才，以及一些记得日本问题的年长者和看到日本机遇的年轻人。
