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Junichiro Hashimoto

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Hashimoto Jun'ichirō

別名: 内藤淳一郎
ペンネーム: Naito JunichiroPen name used for early SF works. Used for the Hayakawa SF Contest entry "Wakusei (Planet)".

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-01-01 (Osaka Prefecture)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Writer, Prep school instructor, University professor, Science researcher
活動期間
1983年〜
所属
Soai University (Honorary Professor), Toshin High School (former physics instructor)
所属団体
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, Japan Writers' Association, Japan Time Studies Association (officer)
影響を与えた人物
Shinichi Fukuoka, Ryuichi Sakamoto

学歴

Kyoto University
Faculty of Science / Department of Physics
学位: 修士
国: Japan
Completed master's program in the Graduate School of Science after undergraduate studies

受賞歴

Hayakawa SF Contest — Encouragement (Effort) Prize
1983
対象作品: Wakusei ("Planet")
主催: Hayakawa SF Contest (Hayakawa Publishing)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Is Schrödinger's Cat Alright? Science Columns 175

1994年 Essay / Popular science

A collection of columns on scientific theory and thought experiments. Short pieces that explain quantum mechanics and thought experiments in accessible language.

Quantum mechanicsThought experimentsScience explanation

The Long Afternoon of Humanity: Millennium Chronicle — Adventures in Future History (The World of AD 3000)

1999年 Future history / SF

Essays and works imagining future societies and changes in civilization from a long-term, millennial perspective.

Future historyCivilizationSocial change

Where Is Time Born?

2006年 Philosophy of science / Explanation

A popular science book examining the origin of time and concepts of time from physical and philosophical perspectives.

Theory of timePhysicsPhilosophy

Can Consciousness Arise from 0 and 1? Hassy-style Thought Experiments on Consciousness, Time, and Reality

2009年 Science thought / Thought experiments

Explores questions about consciousness, reality, and time through a series of thought experiments aimed at bridging science and philosophy.

ConsciousnessInformation theoryPhilosophical inquiry

Does Space Really Exist?

2020年 Philosophy of science / Explanation

A popular-level examination of the ontological status of space from physics and philosophical perspectives.

Ontology of spaceMetaphysicsPhysics

全著作

  • Hashimoto's Physics Explained Carefully from the Start (Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics/Waves/Atoms)
  • Hashimoto's Basic Physics Explained Carefully from the Start
  • Understand Basic Physics & Physics with Images: Hashimoto's Principled Problem-Solving
  • Is Schrödinger's Cat Alright? Science Columns 175
  • The Long Afternoon of Humanity: Millennium Chronicle — The World of AD 3000
  • I Think, Therefore There Are Thought Experiments
  • Illustrated Guide to Understanding Relativity: Interpreting the 4D of Time and Space
  • Illustrated Guide to Quantum Mechanics: Unraveling the Strange World
  • The Chameleon Crosses the Ocean: Science Columns 110
  • Where Is Time Born?
  • God's Engineered Toys
  • Space-Time and Life — Interpreting Subject and World through Physical Thinking
  • Why Can't Time Be Reclaimed?
  • On Intuitive Understanding of Relativity: Essays on Physics and Rhythm
  • Physics Time, Life Time: Investigating the Origin of the Flow of Time
  • Profile of the 22nd Century: C Is for Computer
  • Understand Relativity at a Glance: Hashimoto's World of Physics
  • Does Space Really Exist?
  • Dreams Seen by Artificial Intelligence: AI Short-Short Stories (co-authored)

作風・主題

文体
Clear, logical popular-science proseFrequent use of thought experimentsPhilosophical questions presented in accessible explanations
頻出モチーフ
TimeConsciousnessRelativity and spaceThought experiments

評価・遺産

A writer and educator known for bridging science and philosophy in popular books and essays. Through work as a prep-school instructor and university professor and his accessible treatments of physics and the theory of time, he contributed to public understanding of science and cultivation of critical thinking.

関連学会

  • Japan Writers' Association
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan
  • Japan Time Studies Association

豆知識

  • Used the pen name Naito Junichiro (e.g. for Hayakawa SF Contest entries).
  • Known as a physics instructor at Toshin and served as a professor and later honorary professor at Soai University.
  • His books have been recommended or introduced by Shinichi Fukuoka and Ryuichi Sakamoto.