I am Japanese and usually write book and movie review articles in Japanese. In this "English Articles," I have compiled translations of the articles I wrote in Japanese using ChatGPT.
I enjoy a wide variety of books and movies. I read novels, manga, non-fiction, and watch both fiction and documentary films. I write articles about my thinkings through these works while introducing their content.
I hope my articles can serve as a tool to discover new works or delve deeper into ones you've already read or watched.
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The Quest for Prime Numbers: “The Riemann Hypothesis” (Karl Sabbagh), “The Music of the Primes” (Marcus du Sautoy)
"Prime numbers" have fascinated mathematicians from all over the world for centuries. It was very difficult to find their patterns, but for the first time, it was showed as the "Riemann Hypothesis". From books like "The Music of the Primes" and "The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics," we can gain a basic understanding of the "Riemann Hypothesis" that genius mathematicians have taken on. -
String Theory: A New Way to Understand Gravity: “Warped Passages” (Lisa Randall)
Lisa Randall, an active researcher, explains her hypothesis in a way that is easy for the general public to understand in her book "Warped Passages." The book explains the "Warped Passages," which are derived from string theory and describe why gravity is super weak, while delving deeply into the knowledge of General relativity and quantum mechanics. -
Nuclear Waste: The Unsolved Problem of Our Time: “Journey to the Safest Place on Earth” (Edgar Hagen)
Our daily lives rely on the electricity generated by nuclear power plants, but the fact remains that no country in the world has yet decided on a final disposal site for nuclear waste. Based on the movie "Journey to the Safest Place on Earth," learn about the history of the issue of "nuclear waste" and the struggle of people who are confronting it. -
Boys’ Love: A Review of a Heart-Wrenching Story: “The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese” (Director Yukisada Isao, Original Mizushiro Setona)
I'm not a "FUDANSHI (man who likes Boys' Love)," but I've had some exposure to BL works somewhat with the help of my friends who are "FUJOSHI (women who like Boys' Love)." Among them, outstanding one by far was Mizushiro Setona's "The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese." I will write my thoughts on the movie and the original work. -
[Summary] How “They Shall Not Grow Old” Shows the Futility of War (Director Peter Jackson)
"They Shall Not Grow Old" is a film that colorizes and edits a vast amount of black-and-white footage depicting British soldiers in World War I. The film strongly conveys the "realism" that is difficult to feel with black-and-white images. You can realize that "wars are easier to start than expected" and "wars are ultimately miserable." -
[Summary] How “The Reason I Jump” Changed the World’s View of Autism (Director Jerry Rothwell, Original Higashida Naoki)
In the film "The Reason I Jump," which also features the man who translated Higashida Naoki's writings into English and spread them around the world (and is raising an autistic child), there is a family who says that their way of treating and thinking about autism changed when they learned about "the world of autism as told by Higashida Naoki." We can realize the great achievement of Higashida Naoki, who showed that "autistic is not mental disability".
