The prediction of the special theory of relativity differ significantly from those of Newtonian physics only for bodies whose speeds are comparable with the speed of light. For this reason, special relativity is often considered as irrelevant to the macroscopic physics of ordinary material systems under terrestrial conditions. The aim of this book is to show that by uniting dynamics, thermodynamics and electromagnetism into a coherent whole, special relativity illuminated each of these subjects in a manner which cannot be obtained by studying them in isolation. The speed of the systems concerned is irrelevant. This deep and careful analysis of special relativity is suitable for second- and subsequent- year university students studying physics or applied mathematics. Its distinctive approach will also appeal to research workers in general relativity, in continuum thermodynamics and in the electrodynamics of continuous media.
（原書名：創意天才的蝴蝶思考術）激發偉大構想、消除創意阻礙的全新思考方式以科學為基礎的實用思考術，幫助你屏除雜訊、活化大腦源源不絕產出絕妙構想你是否曾經……在洗澡時想到解決方法、茅塞頓開？在發呆時產生好構想、眼前一亮？在半夢半醒間改變想法、豁然開朗？這就是「突破時刻」，和愛因斯坦創立相對論、阿基米德想出測量體積的方法、瓦特改革蒸汽引擎、萊特兄弟發明飛機，以及牛頓發現地心引力的思考流程如出一轍。「突破性思考」指的是跨越知識界線，或者眼界突然大開，產生解決問題的全新方法，以及看待世界的全新視角。突破就像蝴蝶，飛舞的路徑無法預測，所以才需要製作出正確的捕蝶網。本書以科學理論與實驗為基礎，從各種領域取用最有效的工具，幫助讀者把科學轉化為實踐，學習像天才一樣思考。利用本書的實作練習與超級工具，就可以訓練大腦清楚看見蝴蝶，在適當的時機捕捉到牠們。在本書中，你會學到：●如何激發大腦潛能，找到突破構想。●如何切換大腦模式，增加神經突觸連結，激發創意。●如何鍛鍊神經可塑性，孕育適合突破的環境。●如何除去心智上的阻礙，真正實踐突破構想。你不需要獨特出眾，也不需要聰穎過人、家世顯赫，甚至不需要具備高等教育程度，也能學會這套翻轉思維的實用思考流程，產生人人稱羨的突破性思考。【各界推薦】本書幫助你在大腦休息時誘發驚人突破，並產生尤里卡頓悟！──亞當‧切爾（Adam Cheyer）蘋果人工智慧語音助理軟體Siri開發者所有靠產生突破才得以成功的人，本書是你的金礦。──艾力克斯‧潘特蘭（Alex Pentland）麻省理工學院教授、麻省理工人類動力學實驗室（MIT Human Dynamics Laboratory）主任、麻省理工媒體實驗室（MIT Media Lab）創業家計畫（Entrepreneurship Program）主持人本書以科學為基礎，是消除巨大創意阻礙的特效藥。打開本書，就能幫助你獲得好成果。──喬‧傑比亞（Joe Gebbia）Airbnb共同創辦人超級推薦！如果想要激發偉大構想，請閱讀本書。本書嶄新、顛覆傳統思維。──丹尼爾．夏畢洛（Daniel L. Shapiro）哈佛國際談判中心（Harvard International Negotiation Program）主任、《超越理性的談判》（Beyond Reason）作者奧麗薇亞和朱達駁斥我們經常聽到的藉口：只有天才
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This absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries offers a game-changing assessment of the Middle
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Why was it that whenever the Tudor-Stuart regime most loudly trumpeted its moderation, that regime was at its most vicious? This groundbreaking book argues that the ideal of moderation, so central to English history and identity, functioned as a tool of social, religious and political power. Thus The Rule of Moderation rewrites the history of early modern England, showing that many of its key developments – the via media of Anglicanism, political liberty, the development of empire and even religious toleration – were defined and defended as instances of coercive moderation, producing the 'middle way' through the forcible restraint of apparently dangerous excesses in Church, state and society. By showing that the quintessentially English quality of moderation was at heart an ideology of control, Ethan Shagan illuminates the subtle violence of English history and explains how, paradoxically, England came to represent reason, civility and moderation to a world it slowly conquered.
