The Emergence of Astrophysics in Asia

Chapter 1: Introduction by Tsuko Nakamura and Wayne Orchiston.- Part 1: Japan.- Chapter 2: The Development of Astronomy and Emergence of Astrophysics in Japan by Tsuko Nakamura.- Chapter 3: Hirayama Kiyotsugu: Discoverer of Asteroid Families by Seiko Yoshida and Tsuko Nakamura.- Chapter 4: Japanese Studies of Asteroids Following the Discovery of the Hirayama Families by Tsuko Nakamura.- Chapter 5: The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and Post-war Japanese Optical Astronomy by Toshiyuki Tajima.- Chapter 6: The Early Development of Japanese Radio Astronomy by Wayne Orchiston and Masato Ishiguro.- Part 2: South Korea.- Chapter 7: The Development of Astronomy in Korea and the Emergence of Astrophysics in South Korea by Il-Seong Nha, Sarah L. Nha, and Wayne Orchiston.- Part 3: China.- Chapter 8: The Development of Astronomy and Emergence of Astrophysics in China by Xiaoyu Ning, Xiaochun Sun, Wayne Orchiston, and Tsuko Nakamura. Chapter 9: The Early Development of Chinese Radio Astronomy: The Role of W.N. Christiansen by Wang Shouguan.- Part 4: Taiwan.- Chapter 10: The Development of Astronomy and Emergence of Astrophysics in Taiwan by Wing-Huen Ip.- Part 5: Thailand.- Chapter 11: The Development of Astronomy andn Emergence of Astrophysics in Thailand by Boonrucksar Soonthornthum.- Chapter 12: King Rama IV and French Observations of the 18 August 1868 Total Solar Eclipse from Wah-koa, Siam by Wayne Orchiston and Darunee Lingling Orchiston. Chapter 13: King Rama V and British Observations of the 6 April 1875 Total Solar Eclipse from the Chao Lai Peninsula, Siam by Busaba Hutawarakorn Kramer and Michael Kramer.- Part 6: Indonesia.- Chapter 14: The Development of Astronomy and Emergence of Astrophysics in Indonesia by Bambang Hidayat, Hakim L. Malasan, and Emanuel Sungging Mumpuni.- Chapter 15: J.A.C. Oudemans' Observations of the 18 August 1868 and 12 December 1871 Total Solar Eclipses from the Dutch East Indies by Emanuel Sungging Mumpuni, Wayne Orchiston, and

Professor Wayne Orchiston is a Senior Researcher at the National Astronomical Research Institute in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and formerly worked in optical and radio astronomy in Australia and New Zealand. He has published on the history of Australian, English, French, Georgian, Indian, Indonesian, Iraqi, Japanese, New Zealand and USA astronomy, and has supervised a large pool of graduate students. Like Tsuko Nakamura, Orchiston has played a leading role in developing history of astronomy through International Astronomical Union Commission 41, and was responsible for the formation of the Historic Radio Astronomy and Transits of Venus Working Groups. He is the Editor the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage.

Professor Tsuko Nakamura for many years worked at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, Tokyo, where he carried out research on Japanese astronomical history and on comets and minor planets. He has published many research papers on Japanese astronomical history and edited a number of books and conference proceedings (several of which were in collaboration with Wayne Orchiston). Nakamura has played a leading role in developing history of astronomy through International Astronomical Union Commission 41 and its associated Working Groups. He also serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage.