Libros de Ciencia - STEM 2474 resultados

Walter Alvarez

Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires,...

Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world's premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine and how understanding these principles can empower us all. Over a decade ago, when Siddhartha Mukherjee was a young, exhausted, and isolated medical residen...

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Sussana Hislop

Juan Enriquez

Guillermo Martinez

El teorema de la incompletitud de Gödel, uno de los más profundos y paradójicos de la lógica matemática, surgió casi a la par de la teoría de la relatividad de Einstein, aunque de manera más sigilosa. Se ha convertido en una referencia ineludible del pensamiento contemporáneo y es, posiblemente, el teorema que ha ejercido más fascinación en ámbitos alejados de las ciencias exac...

Berlanga Zubiaga / Ricardo, Carlos Bosch Giral / Juan José Rivaud Morayta

¿Qué es lo que hace un matemático? ¿No están ya hechas todas las matemáticas? Las preguntas anteriores son el punto de partida de los autores para reflexionar e intentar subsanar el hecho de que, aunque las matemáticas ocupan el mayor número de horas en los programas de educación, los profesores no han podido comunicar a los alumnos que las matemáticas las hacen seres humanos y...

Alan Lightman

With passion and curiosity, Alan Lightman explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by recent discoveries in science. He looks at the dialogue between science and religion; the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature; the possibility that our universe is simply an accident; the manner in which modern technology has separat...

Simon Blackburn

Here at last is a coherent, unintimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy. Written expressly for "anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how toapproach them," Think provides a sound framework for exploring the most basic themes of philosophy, and for understanding how major philosophers have tack...

John C. Pine

Emphasizes Resilient Policies, Rather Than Rigid PhilosophyEconomic and environmental consequences of natural and man-made disasters have grown exponentially during the past few decades. Whether from hurricanes, chemical spills, terrorist incidents, or other catastrophes, the negative impacts can often be felt on a global scale. Natural Hazards Analysis: Reducing the Impacts of...

Christine Wamsler

"A very timely and valuable contribution to the literature for urban planners, city governments and all those who wish to understand the interactions between urbanization, disaster risk and climate change, and explore innovative ways and means of action." ...

Antonio Damasio

Chad Orzel

Coleccionar sellos no es mucho más complejo que lo que hizo Darwin abordo del Beagle. Jugar al bridge es tanto o más difícil que la astronomía. Y, lo creas o no, hacer crucigramas o cocinar un buen guiso tienen mucho en común con los procedimientos de la física cuántica. Cuando se trata de ciencia, la mayoría de nosotros tiende a sentirse intimidado. Craso error, porque los pri...

Robinson A. Herrera

The first century of Spanish colonization in Latin America witnessed the birth of cities that, while secondary to great metropolitan centers such as Mexico City and Lima, became important hubs for regional commerce. Santiago de Guatemala, the colonial capital of Central America, was one of these. A multiethnic and multicultural city from its beginning, Santiago grew into a vigo...

Ian Stewart

At its heart, mathematics is about numbers, our fundamental tools for understanding the world. In Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers, Ian Stewart offers a delightful introduction to the numbers that surround us, from the common (Pi and 2) to the uncommon but no less consequential (1.059463 and 43,252,003,274,489,856,000). Along the way, Stewart takes us through prime number...

Nick Lane

Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of life on earth-and all complex life shares many strange properties, from sex to ageing and death. If life evolved on other planets, would it be the same or completely different?In The Vital Question, Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a cogent solution...

Francis, Gavin

We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique enginee...

Edward B.burger

By starting in the familiar world and using a few simple steps of imagination, Burger and Starbird sneak up on weighty mathematical ideas in familiar mysteries that share two features--they appear inexplicable and they are all explained with great humor and clarity in this book. ...

Leon Gordis

"Epidemiology," by" "award-winning educator and epidemiologist Leon Gordis, is a best-selling introduction to this complex science. Dr. Gordis leverages his vast experience teaching this subject in the classroom to introduce the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in a clear, uniquely memorable way. He guides you from an explanation of the epidemiologic approach to di...

James P D

Told with P. D. James's trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic t...

Ruzo, Andrãës

In this exciting adventure mixed with amazing scientific study, a young, exuberant explorer and geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon where rivers boil and legends come to life. When Andres Ruzo was just a small boy in Peru, his grandfather told him the story of a mysterious legend: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years...

Ross, Alec

Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what s next for the world: the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next ten years, and how we can navigate them. While Alec Ross was working as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, he traveled to forty-one countries, exploring the latest advances coming out of every continent. From startup hubs i...

Allen Paulos, John

Antonio Damasio

A mediados del siglo XVII, Descartes instauró la separación abismal entre el cuerpo y la mente. En la misma época, Spinoza supo ver el error que cometía el filósofo francés y abolió dicha división, consciente de que en las emociones se encontraba el fundamento de la supervivencia y la cultura. Spinoza abría así el camino a la moderna neurofisiología.A través de la obra de Spino...

Arthur Kleinman

Roger Penrose

One of todays most accomplished scientists presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. Penrose examines the mathematical foundations of the physical universe, exposing the underlying beauty of physics and giving us one the most important works in modern science writing. ...

Anne Thomson

Asimov, Isaac

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