Dramatic Problem Solving

The page-turning inside story of the global team wielding the internet to fight for facts and combat autocracy―revealing the extraordinary ability of ordinary people to hold the powerful to account.In 2018, Russian exile Sergei Skripal and his daughter were nearly killed in an audacious poisoning attempt in Salisbury, England. Soon, the identity of one of the suspects was revealed: he was a Russian spy. This huge investigative coup wasn’t pulled off by an intelligence agency or a traditional news outlet. Instead, the scoop came from Bellingcat, the open-source investigative team that is redefining the way we think about news, politics, and the digital future.We Are Bellingcat tells the inspiring story of how a college dropout pioneered a new category of reporting and galvanized citizen journalists―working together from their computer screens around the globe―to crack major cases, at a time when fact-based journalism is under assault from authoritarian forces. Founder Eliot Higgins intr

混跡產官學三界的律師、客戶橫跨30國的國際業務和看遍生死的急診室主治醫師，三個不同領域的40歲大叔，在人生轉折點回到學校，但卻捨棄培養其他商業人脈的機會，念了一間比EMBA還貴的神秘學校──密涅瓦大學。 這間才成立不到十年的學校，已經打敗哈佛等名校，成為全世界創新排名前三的大學。密涅瓦大學強調課堂上不教知識，而是將所有學習都定位在建立學生應對未知的思考習慣，因為唯有把所學變成一種實際可用的決策演算法，才能跟自己的人生發生關聯。 這樣的觀念和校風，會為他們的人生帶來怎樣的改變？密涅瓦的思考習慣訓練，主要的精髓又是什麼？本書將首度為你揭露密涅瓦受歡迎的秘密。 學習，其實是在滿足我們探索世界的渴望。希望這本書能拋磚引玉，幫大家勾勒出未來學習的可能面貌，成為所有人應對未知挑戰的必修課。 這本書還提供了許多探索世界的工具，讓我們能站在巨人的肩膀上，不重複做別人做過的事，勇敢走出屬於自己的路。 密涅瓦大學決策思考力四大重點 ◇批判思考（Critical Thinking） 想要將批判思考應用在生活中，你需要懂得如何「評估」和「分析」。密涅瓦大學用將近30個思考習慣訓練學生去評估一個論點是否成立及如何建立有效的論證，同時為自己裝備3大類分析工具，來挖掘資料、拆解問題和調整決策。 ◇問題解決（Problem Solving） 未知的問題之所以複雜，就在於多重的可能性和萬物互聯的蝴蝶效應，因此問對問題可能遠比提出解方來得重要，該如何拆解問題，找到對的問題來解決？這其中涉及到的思考習慣，包括定義問題範圍的限制條件，釐清現況與目標狀態的差距分析，以及為自己準備填補差距的創意發想工具箱。 ◇複雜系統（Complex Systems） 我們總說要培養自己的「全局觀」，但到底要看得多「全」、多「大」才夠？密涅瓦認為想要學習有效互動和溝通方法之前，必須先看到全貌，辨別你所在的系統中成員間的網絡和行為模式，才能找到影響系統的有效切入點，運用系統1+1>2的增強迴路，讓溝通事半功倍。 ◇決策思維（Decision Making） 你的每個決定，背後都有三種決策思維齒輪在運作，分別是「數據」「槓桿」和「目標」，我們會透過某種演算法，運用「數據」，設計「槓桿」，來達成「目標」。有效的演算法，可以透過「數據」來確認「槓桿」和「目標」之間的因果關係，我們該如何學習不同的演算法，看見事物發展的反事實

三次凱迪克大獎金牌獎得主 大衛威斯納新作孩子骨子裡的無限可能，絕對超乎你的想像！ 機器寶寶的組裝任務，連大人都束手無策！但千萬別小看孩子們的潛力，遇到麻煩時，他們都可能變身成大救星！「天才是百分之一的靈感加上百分之九十九的汗水， 當然，沒有那百分之一的靈感， 世界上所有的汗水加在一起，也只不過是汗水而已！」──愛迪生內容簡介： 寶寶的到來總是為家庭添上一份驚喜，機器家族也不例外！這一天，包裝精美的寶寶「法蘭盤」乘著包裹送上門，螺帽爸爸和二極管媽媽開始著手組裝零件，沒想到才剛裝好，寶寶就當場解體！岐管舅舅趕來幫忙，把寶寶改裝得酷炫，開關一啟動，寶寶卻立刻大暴走，四處亂飛亂竄！最後連機器寶寶工廠的技術部都上門支援，但誰都抓不住失控的寶寶，直到意想不到的小幫手出手相救……本書特色 ：✦　國際繪本大師大衛威斯納親自設計應用程式「Spot」，獨立延伸而成機器家庭故事，獨創前所未有、最「秀逗」的育兒日記！✦　以精緻的圖像漫畫描繪架空的機器人社區、豐富且新奇的機械用語和有趣的組裝過程，滿足所有科幻迷、DIY組裝狂的想像。✦　看似脫離現實的未來社會卻照樣有「新生兒誕生」的驚喜，由此闡述最珍貴的普世價值「愛」，讓你不僅驚呼機器世界的溫暖人情，也訝異機器寶寶令家人頭痛的本事，而寶貝可愛的模樣更能融化你心！✦　藉由書中的關鍵小英雄鼓勵孩子參與解決難題的過程，讓他們翻轉「麻煩精trouble-maker」的刻板印象，成為真正令人驚艷的「大救星problem-solver」！*本書有注音

Geomathematics provides a comprehensive summary of the mathematical principles behind key topics in geophysics and geodesy, covering the foundations of gravimetry, geomagnetics and seismology. Theorems and their proofs explain why physical realities in geoscience are the logical mathematical consequences of basic laws. The book also derives and analyzes the theory and numerical aspects of established systems of basis functions; and presents an algorithm for combining different types of trial functions. Topics cover inverse problems and their regularization, the Laplace/Poisson equation, boundary-value problems, foundations of potential theory, the Poisson integral formula, spherical harmonics, Legendre polynomials and functions, radial basis functions, the Biot-Savart law, decomposition theorems (orthogonal, Helmholtz, and Mie), basics of continuum mechanics, conservation laws, modelling of seismic waves, the Cauchy-Navier equation, seismic rays, and travel-time tomography. Each chapte

父親死後，丹尼開始能聽見家中物品的聲音。母親的囤物狀況讓一切雪上加霜，惟有圖書館的物品舉止有禮、輕聲細語。在那裡，有一個全新的世界，以及一本即將改變他的書。2022女性小說獎得獎作品，尾關露絲機敏詼諧中帶著人性光輝的美麗故事。WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it . . .After the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad. Then his mother develops a hoarding problem, and the voices grow more clamorous.So Benny seeks refuge in the silence of a large public library. There he meets a mesmerising street artist with a smug pet ferret; a homeless philosopher-poet; and his very own Book, who narrates Benny's life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter. Blending unforgettable characters with jazz, climate change and our attachment to material possessions, this is classic Ruth Ozeki - bold, humane and heartbreaking.

故事中，主角Jim Panzee遇到小朋友最討厭的事情「等待」，而且還是無盡的等待。Jim努力嘗試耐心等待，但因為實在太久也讓他感到非常不耐煩。雖然耐心不是一瞬間就能學會，但也讓Jim明白，生活中還是有些事情是值得等待的。本書以簡潔的文字和幽默的插畫，來幫助孩子學會等待，學會接受與面對其中的過程。非常適合學齡前幼兒和家長共讀，共同應對生活中不可避免的等待情境。In this original board book that tackles a common toddler problem, the bestselling character finds that waiting is never easy, but sometimes it is necessary.Jim Panzee is faced with something everyone hates…waiting…and waiting…and more waiting. Jim tries to be patient but he’s even impatient waiting for patience. It doesn’t happen right away, but eventually, Jim realizes that some things are worth waiting for.A simple text and humorous artwork offer parents the perfect funny book to help their toddler with waiting, even when they really don’t want to.