郷里・金沢 ８ (My Hometwon Kanazawa 8)

　写真上：金沢駅の地下道脇に、小さな日本庭園が造られている。これは金沢の街の雰囲気にいかにもふさわしい。写真下：天徳院の山門を入ると、左手にこの古木がある。

Upper photo: Kanazawa Station has a small Japanese garden beside its underpass, showing a remarkable association with the atmosphere of the streets of Kanazawa. Lower photo: Entering the gate of Tentokuin Temple, we see this old tree on the left side.

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

About Arts

"Kafka’s Last Trial," New York Times Magazine (September 26, 2010). "Isn’t that ... Kafka’s works ... belonged to humanity?" —A long and detailed essay. (Retweeted by fermin771009)

[Retweet of MuseumModernArt's words] Time for this week's 'Do You Know Your MoMA?' challenge (September 24, 2010). How many works and artists can you identify?

About Astrobiology

[Retweet of michiokaku's words] "Alien invasions—Should we be worried?" Dr. Kaku's Universe, Big Think (September 24, 2010). —Answers to e-mail questions.

About Astrophysics

"Black hole silhouettes," Science News Vol. 178, p. 22. —"Scientists attempt to image a shadow and its tumultuous ring." (Retweeted by gtsouza)

About Environment

"Why philosophy is a waste of time (go birding!)," Punctuated Equilibrium hosted by Guardian (September 24, 2010). —I find not so much difference between Dworkin and MacKay, ha-ha!

About Physics

"Measuring the magnetism of light," Physical Review Focus (September 24, 2010). —"Two experimental groups have managed to directly isolate the magnetic field effect from the total effect of light." (Retweeted by gtsouza)

Exchange of Words with Friends

[From chiamai] Thanks for sharing the link to Olivia Fermi's "On the Neutron Trail". I found it in the tweet summary of your blog.

[To chiamai] Supposed that you would like it. I should have attached your Twitter username in parentheses as you did.