Libros de Ciencia - STEM 2469 resultados

Oliver Sacks

Gavin Weightman

James Kakalios

Physics professor, bestselling author, and dynamic storyteller James Kakalios reveals the mind-bending science behind the seemingly basic things that keep our daily lives running, from our smart phones and digital "clouds" to x-ray machines and hybrid vehicles. Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our modern world so convenient. What's the simple scie...

Wilson, Edward / Edward O. Wilson

In this profound and lyrical book, one of our most celebrated biologists offers a sweeping examination of the relationship between the humanities and the sciences: what they offer to each other, how they can be united, and where they still fall short. Both endeavours, Edward O. Wilson reveals, have their roots in human creativity?the defining trait of our species.Reflecting on ...

Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich takes us on an exhilarating true adventure story from the icy terrain of Siberia to the cutting-edge genetic labs of Harvard University. A group of young scientists, under the guidance of Dr. George Church, the most brilliant geneticist of our time, works to make fantasy reality by sequencing the DNA of a frozen woolly mammoth harvested from above the Arctic circle,...

Livio, Mario

Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics-curiosity-as he explores our innate desire to know why.Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation-where they can know only one side of the dialogue-than when they overhear two people talking and know both sides. Why does half ...

Paul Scotting

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, and one of the most feared diagnoses a patient can face. The number of new cases is expected to rise by 70% over the next two decades, but few of us understand what it is, how it affects the body or what can be done to treat and even prevent it.In this illuminating introduction, Dr Paul Scotting explains the science behind the disea...

Smil, Vaclav

With his famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein showed us that all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere; it is everything. In this engaging introduction, renowned author and scientist Vaclav Smil covers a wide range of topics, from the inner workings of the human body to the race for more efficient and eco-friendly fuels. Shedding light on the science behind global war...

Dk Publishing

Annotation: "Based on the latest discoveries and data from NASA, 'The planets' takes you on an incredible journey through worlds that defy imagination." ...

Vernon L. Eriksen

Heat Recovery Steam Generator Technology is the first fully comprehensive resource to provide readers with the fundamental information needed to understand HRSGs. The book's highly experienced editor has selected a number of key technical personnel to contribute to the book, also including burner and emission control device suppliers and qualified practicing engineers.In the in...

Robert Buckman

John Sulston

John Sulston. director del Sanger Centre de Cambridge desde 1993 hasta 2000. encabezó el equipo británico que participó en la secuenciación del ADN humano. una hazaña realizada en un tiempo récord gracias a la extraordinaria colaboración de un equipo internacional de científicos. El éxito final del proyecto. tras numerosos reveses y una dura competencia. puede atribuirse en gra...

Henry Marsh

"Neurosurgery has met its Boswell in Henry Marsh. Painfully honest about the mistakes that can 'wreck' a brain, exquisitely attuned to the tense and transient bond between doctor and patient, and hilariously impatient of hospital management, Marsh draws us deep into medicine's most difficult art and lifts our spirits. It's a superb achievement." --Ian McEwan"His love for brain ...

Charles Darwin

In The Origin of Species Darwin outlined his theory of evolution, which proposed that species had been evolving and differentiating over time under the influence of natural selection.On its publication it became hugely influential, bringing about a seismic shift in the scientific view of humanity's place in the world. ...

Francisco Mora

¿Es la estupidez un determinante evolutivo? ¿Está la siesta programada en nuestros genes? ¿Se puede predecir el éxito o el fracaso de una operación financiera? ¿Cómo influye el fenómenode las rebajas en la mente humana? ¿Será nuestro cerebro más grande o más pequeño en el futuro? ¿Se puede retrasar el envejecimiento del cerebro? ¿Por qué las mujeres sienten más el frío que los ...

Dorion Sagan

En 2030 habrá 20 millones de adultos mayores en nuestro país. Ante las altas probabilidades de un incremento en el cáncer, Alzheimer, Parkinson y demás enfermedades degenerativas, la pregunta obligada no será ¿por qué envejecemos?, sino ¿de qué manera podemos combatir el envejecimiento?Mitteldorf y Sagan sostienen que envejecer no es resultado del desgaste del cuerpo, pues no s...

Jamet, Robin

Dirigido al colectivo de aficionados a los pasatiempos y curiosidades matemáticos, en este libro Robin Jamet presenta de manera moderna y original algunos temas relacionados con el entorno y la vida cotidiana. " Las matemáticas ocultas " presenta un conjunto escogido de curiosidades unidas por el rasgo común de mantener una conexión más o menos obvia con el mundo que nos rode...

Frova, Andrea

Entre las muchas dificultades con que se encuentra la divulgación científica, no son las menores el uso de un lenguaje excesivamente complejo y el planteamiento de cuestiones que resultan demasiado abstractas y teóricas para la mayoría de los lectores. Consciente de estos problemas, Andrea Frova nos proporciona de forma directa y clara la explicación científica de fenómenos pre...

Jon Duckett

A full-color introduction to the basics of HTML and CSS from the publishers of Wrox!Every day, more and more people want to learn some HTML and CSS. Joining the professional web designers and programmers are new audiences who need to know a little bit of code at work (update a content management system or e-commerce store) and those who want to make their personal blogs more at...

National Geographic

Albert Einstein encarna como pocos el potencial de la ciencia para redefinir nuestra visión del mundo. Noen vano su rostro se cuenta entre los más reconocibles del siglo pasado, a la altura de las estrellas de cine o de lasgrandes figuras de la política. Apagados los ecos de la época convulsa en la que vivió y creó, de las guerras mundialesy el pánico nuclear, perduran sus extr...

Carroll,Sean

Carroll,Sean

Already internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in modern physics, Sean Carroll is emerging as one of the greatest humanist thinkers of his generation as he brings his extraordinary intellect to bear not only on Higgs bosons and extra dimensions but now also on our deepest personal questions: Where are we? Who are we? Are our emo...

Hacyan Shahen

Las ideas que, además del tiempo, se tenían sobre la materia y la energía, el espacio y la gravitación, han cambiado radicalmente a partir del cataclismo que, para la física, significó Einstein y su teoría de la relatividad. El autor aclara y explica muchos de los nuevos problemas que afrontan los científicos de nuestros días. ...

Martin Bojowald

Una revolucionaria teoría sobre el origen del universo y qué pasó antes del Big Bang. En su conocida obra Historia del tiempo, Stephen Hawking afirmaba que preguntar qué había antes del origen del universo es tan absurdo como preguntar qué hay al norte del polo Norte. Desde Einstein, el Big Bang era la última frontera que ningún físico se atrevía a cruzar. Incluso para la t...

Stephen Hawking / Lucy Hawking

Algo no marcha bien. Eric, el antiguo vecino de George, está en Florida trabajando en un proyecto científico para descubrir si hay vida en el planeta Marte y en otros lugares del sistema solar. El robot encargado de la misión actúa de forma muy extraña y, según le cuenta Annie a George, ¡un alien les ha enviado un mensaje para decirles que deben volver al espacio si no quieren ...

Michio Kaku

The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies.Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to the stars is increasingly becoming a scientific possibility--and a necessity. Whe...

Robert M. Sapolsky

A New York Times-bestselling inquiry into the great mystery of why we do the things we doNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year." —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times"Hands-down one of the best books I've read in years. I loved it." —Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post"It's no exaggeration t...

Carlo Rovelli

From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a concise, elegant exploration of time.From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a concise, elegant exploration of time.Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli in...

Steven Pinker

"A terrific book...[Pinker] recounts the progress across a broad array of metrics, from health to wars, the environment to happiness, equal rights to quality of life." --The New York TimesThe follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while ou...