Julian: 1621 books

**This prize-winning collection of short stories playfully questions what 'real life' is and, more importantly, where it can be found.***Philip is a New Zealander, born and raised; the trouble is that no one will believe him. He travels widely, though his brother Dan has no intention of going anywhere...

This comprehensive overview of research and clinical practice in PTSD includes new insights into assessment with regard to DSM-5 and ICD-11, discussion of ongoing controversies in the field as to what constitutes safe and effective care, and new research as to assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and...

我選擇，所以我自由？！當代最暢銷的天才型哲普作家朱立安．巴吉尼 ，繼《吃的美德》後，再度以哲學的棒子，敲響我們對生活的省思！ 喝咖啡或喝茶、升學或求職、結婚或單身、換工作或咬牙苦撐、搭火車或搭公車、拿起這本書或放下這本書，我們每天都在做大大小小的各種決定。我們都知道也相信自己可以自由做出各種決定，然而從人們開始進行哲學思考以來，就不斷有人否定這樣的說法，也就是否定「自由意志」。 隨著科學進展，越來越多人拒絕自由意志，認為那不過是一種錯覺。達爾文說過：「自然界的每樣東西都是固定法則的結果。」愛因斯坦也說：「所有事都是被我們無法控制的力量預先決定的，不論開始或結束。」科學家以為，以自由意志這類事物來欺騙我們自己，便是演化出來的適應性行為。神經科學進一步助長對自由意志的否定：我們的行為並非意識和欲望所決定，而是腦部的神經反應和傳導過程。 知名的腦神經科學家山姆．哈里斯提到，一般對於自由意志的概念，奠基於兩個假設：一、我們每個人的行為都可以不同於過往；二、我們的現狀是我們有意識的思想和行為所產生的結果。但這兩種假設剛好都無法通過科學檢驗，看來自由意志是玩完了。我們對於自由意志的一般認知無法適得其用，發揮其應有的效果。它被放在過於天真和簡化的假設上。 於是，「自由意志不過是種幻覺」變成顯學和常識。但這個主張的支持者也承認，儘管如此，每個人還是都覺得自己有自由意志，儘管明知道沒有。而如果我們都接受我們的行為是由我們無法控制的因素所造成的結果，那我們就很難繼續堅持要人們對自己的行為負起道德責任。如果沒有自由意志，看來責任和懲罰都得閃一邊去，而那可是法律和道德的基礎。舉例而言，一九八四年，聖地牙哥有名男子槍殺了21個人，他主張他的憤怒是因為吃了麥當勞的食物而裡面含有會讓神經興奮的傳導物質所致，加上他從事焊接工吸入過多的鎘。 關於自由意志的討論，對於社會亦造成很大的影響，不論是對於懲罰、尊重人性、社會正義、人際往來。支持自由意志者主張，現在我們太容易把過錯怪罪給社會、基因、成長環境和大腦，而不是對自己的行為負責。這樣的想法很容易驅動一些公共政策，例如刪減社福支出、加強刑罰，英國前首相梅傑就曾說過，我們的社會應該：「譴責多一點，同情少一點。」反過來說，也有不少政府相信意志是可操控的，採取「推力理論」（nudge...

A classic from 1969, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered at the Les Houches Summer School of Theoretical Physics in 1955. The book outlines a general scheme of quantum kinematics and dynamics.

An extension of Dr. Schwinger's two previous classic works, this volume contains four sections in addition to the previous sections of Electrodynamics II, which were concerned with the two-particle problem, and applications to hydrogenic atoms, positronium, and muonium.

This classic book (volume two of three volumes) is almost exclusively concerned with quantum electrodynamics. As such, it is retrospective in its subject matter. The topics discussed range from anomalous magnetic moments and vacuum polarization, in a variety of applications, to the energy level displacements...

This classic, the first of three volumes, presents techniques that emphasize the unity of high-energy particle physics with electrodynamics, gravitational theory, and many-particle cooperative phenomena. What emerges is a theory intermediate in position between operator field theory and S-matrix theory,...

We might think of sponges as bathroom objects but the real living animals are far more interesting. They come in all shapes and sizes, occur in all oceans of the world, and have amazing lives. Sponges have lived in our oceans for 600 million years. Ancient forms even built reefs bigger than the Great...

With more people in the world living into older age, Alzheimer's and other Dementias: The Facts takes a comprehensive look at the spread of dementia, and provides authoritative information and practical advice for sufferers, their families, and the medical professionals who care for them.Written by...

Badminton Horse Trials is the world famous annual sporting event that tests the skills of the ultimate horse and rider. It consists of Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping. With a crowd of up to 150,000 over the long weekend of competition, the Event, started in 1949, has produced stars such as...

This book outlines the principles of thermoelectric generation and refrigeration from the discovery of the Seebeck and Peltier effects in the nineteenth century through the introduction of semiconductor thermoelements in the mid-twentieth century to the more recent development of nanostructured materials....

This authored text-reference will be the first comprehensive text in the rapidly growing field of psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. According to the NIMH, approximately 5.2 million American adults already suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. Caused by everything...

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Psychology - Media Psychology, grade: 1,3, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: Shooting sprees and acts of terrorism shake public opinion and media agendas eminently as the discourse involves strong emotions like anxiety and fear...

Talent is one of the most important strategic resources in the modern economy: it is the resource that creates economic growth through exceptional innovation, service, and performance. But talent is scarce, and finding the right talent, in the right place, and at the right time, is challenging. Talent...