![]() ![]() One experimental phenomenon that could not be adequately explained by classical physics was blackbody radiation (Figure 1.2.1 Soon, however, scientists began to look more closely at a few inconvenient phenomena that could not be explained by the theories available at the time. Thus matter and energy were considered distinct and unrelated phenomena. The universe appeared to be a simple and orderly place, containing matter, which consisted of particles that had mass and whose location and motion could be accurately described, and electromagnetic radiation, which was viewed as having no mass and whose exact position in space could not be fixed. ![]() They could calculate the motions of material objects using Newton’s laws of classical mechanics, and they could describe the properties of radiant energy using mathematical relationships known as Maxwell’s equations, developed in 1873 by James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish physicist. ![]() To understand how energy is quantized in blackbody radiationīy the late 19th century, many physicists thought their discipline was well on the way to explaining most natural phenomena. ![]()
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![]() ![]() That isn't to say there aren't great novels written about and by women - Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and The Bell Jar immediately come to this reader's mind - but there are far more written by men. From Moby Dick and Ulysses to Oliver Twist and The Great Gatsby, the majority of novels that are counted as the most important, and the most celebrated, are exclusively about men. If you have ever perused the Classics section at your local library or bookstore, than you know that there is no shortage of stories about straight, white males in the literary world. For starers, some of the most famous English-language novels are exclusively about men, which is what makes gender-swapped retellings of classic books so refreshing for readers who have been dying to see themselves represented in between the covers. I've said it before, and I will say it again: I love classic literature, but that doesn't mean its without its problems. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Shadow-Town by Duncan Thornton![]() ![]() Everything builds to an exciting climax as the cousins discover the power of courage and loyalty. An intensely atmospheric and sometimes dark novel, Shadow-Town is the first in a four-book series. At the end lies Shadow-Town, where Tam has been enslaved by the Whisperers. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. Still, the whistle of the coffin-train continues to blow. Kalifax by Thornton, Duncan Thorton, Duncan Former library book Readable copy. ![]() At the end lies Shadow-Town, where Tam has been enslaved by the Whisperers. Soon Jack and Rose are matching wits with the Dickensian Speculators, bunking with the mysterious Red Man, and riding the rails with the inhuman Clatterfolk who run the coffin-train. Before they get very far, Tam disappears. ![]() But the bickering cousins, goaded by Jack's wild friend Tamlin, end up daring one another onto a much more dangerous path. These aren't just stories, however, and their grandmother warns them to stick to the road when traveling. Although he's never ventured beyond the dusty fields, Jack likes to terrify Rose with stories of Shadow-Town, where creatures called Whisperers force the zombie-like victims of the Sleeping Sickness to work for them. Cousins Jack and Rose have been sent to live on their grandmother's farm for the summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when chance brings her older half-brother, Akira, to the estate that is his inheritance and destiny, Nori finds in him an unlikely ally with whom she forms a powerful bond-a bond their formidable grandparents cannot allow and that will irrevocably change the lives they were always meant to lead. ![]() Obedient to a fault, Nori accepts her solitary life, despite her natural intellect and curiosity. ![]() Her grandparents take her in, only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the royal pedigree that they are desperate to uphold in a changing Japan. The child of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her skin. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents' imperial estate. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. Do not resist." Such is eight-year-old Noriko "Nori" Kamiza's first lesson. A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, "a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together." -Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times- bestselling author of The Nightingale Kyoto, Japan, 1948. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Make it stick heath![]() ![]() ![]() In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Meanwhile, people with important ideas-entrepreneurs, teachers, politicians, and journalists-struggle to make them "stick." ![]() Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to improve your idea's chances-essential reading in the "fake news" era. ![]() |