ヤブラン (Lilyturf)

　ヤブラン（藪蘭、ユリ科）、別名リリオペ、サマームスカリ。2010年9月10日、わが家の庭で撮影。

Lilyturf, big blue lilyturf, border grass, or monkey grass; botanical name, Liriope muscari; family, Ruscaceae. The photo was taken at our yard on September 10, 2010.

From tweets of yesterday (edited by rephrasing, adding words, etc.)

About Books

The Japanese edition of ＠grahamfarmelo's "The Strangest Man" translated by Michiyo Yoshida was published from Hayakawa Shobo, Tokyo, on Seotember 24, 2010: 「量子の海、ディラックの深淵―天才物理学者の華々しき業績と寡黙なる生涯」—The Japanese title is not the direct translation of the original but means, "The Sea of Quantum, Dirac's Abyss: The Highly Gifted Physicist's Glorious Achievements and Reticent Life." The translator Michiyo Yoshida is a junior of mine at Department of Physics, Kyoto University, but I don't know her personally. She did a difficult work quite quickly while I'm still reading the original edition!

About Physicists

"Frank Oppenheimer" by Alice Bell, Guardian, Science blog (September 27, 2010). —Brother of the famous Robert, Frank was more than just a physicist . . . (Retweeted by fermin771009)

About Physics

"First observation of Hawking radiation," Technology Review, Physics arXiv Blog (September 27, 2010). —Belgiorno et al. say that they have seen it by firing an intense laser pulse through a so-called nonlinear material. (Retweeted by gtsouza)

"Time-saving steps," Physics, Synopsis for Phys. Rev. C 82, 034306 (2010). —A new calculation scheme speeds up the solution of nuclear physics problems. (Retweeted by gtsouza)

"Physicists are close to uncovering the fundamental rules of reality: String theorist Brian Greene on his hopes for science over the next 30 years," Discover From October issue (September, 14, 2010). (Retweeted by gtsouza)

[Retweet of sc_k's words] "The New Nu News!" by @ethansiegel (re: the latest MiniBooNE results), Science Blogs, Physical Science (September 28, 2010).

"Gauging high-speed spin inside a Lilliputian world," New York Times (September 27, 2010): I.B.M. scientists have modified a scanning-tunneling microscope, making it possible to observe dynamic processes inside individual atoms on a time scale one million times faster than has previously been possible. —About the work of S. Loth et al., Science Vol. 329, p. 1628 (2010).

"Time likely to end within earth's lifespan, say physicists" Technology Review, Physics arXiv blog (September 28, 2010). —"There is a 50-% chance that time will end within the next 3.7 billion years, according to a new model of the universe."

[Retweet of grahamfarmelo's words] "Health and Safety in Particle Physics II," Guadian, Life and Physics - John Butterworth (September 28, 2010). —What would happen if you put your hand in the path of the LHC's beam of protons? (via @jonbutterworth)

About Society

[Retweet of michiokaku's words] "U. N. to establish protocols for when we make contact with aliens," Big Think, Dr. Kaku's Universe (September 27, 2010).

「伊東乾の源流探訪：何が日本の若者を俯かせてしまうのか？―ブエノスアイレスから見た不思議の国・日本」日経ビジネスオンライン (2010年9月28日). —日本の大学、大学院の問題点を突き、「エネルギーのある日本の若い世代は、もっと世界に目を向け、外に飛び出していくのが大事」と述べる。