Libros de Ciencia - STEM 2505 resultados

Edgar Morin

Carl Zimmer

This remarkable book presents a rich and up-to-date view of evolution that explores the far-reaching implications of Darwin's theory and emphasizes the power, significance, and relevance of evolution to our lives today. After all, we ourselves are the product of evolution, and we can tackle many of our gravest challenges -- from lethal resurgence of antiobiotic-resistant diseas...

Charles R. Darwin

Charles Darwin sentó las bases para una interpretación nueva del reino animal y vegetal y su historia pasada, presente y futura, demostrando que todas las especies provienen de formas anteriores. Su óptica científica, fuertemente cuestionada en su tiempo, condujo a la comprensiónde que nuestra propia especie no escapaba a la regla general y que el hombre, que pomposamente se de...

Brockman, John

As the world becomes ever more dominated by technology, John Brockman's latest addition to the acclaimed and bestselling "Edge Question Series" asks more than 175 leading scientists, philosophers, and artists: What do you think about machines that think?The development of artificial intelligence has been a source of fascination and anxiety ever since Alan Turing formalized the ...

Bauer, Susan Wise

A riveting road map to the development of modern scientific thought.Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the...

Carr, Nicholas

Drawing on psychological and neurological studies that underscore how tightly people s happiness and satisfaction are tied to performing hard work in the real world, Carr reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented.From nineteenth-century textile mills to the cockpits of modern jets, from the frozen h...

Ackerman, Diane

Humans have "subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness." We tinker with nature at every opportunity; we garden the planet with our preferred species of plants and animals, many of them invasive; and we have even altered the climate, threatening our own extinction. Yet we reckon with our ...

Crease & Goldhaber

The discovery of the quantum the idea, born in the early 1900s in a remote corner of physics, that energy comes in finite packets instead of infinitely divisible quantities planted a rich set of metaphors in the popular imagination.Quantum imagery and language now bombard us like an endless stream of photons. Phrases such as multiverses, quantum leaps, alternate universes, the ...

Pedro Domingos

Algorithms increasingly run our lives. They find books, movies, jobs, and dates for us, manage our investments, and discover new drugs. More and more, these algorithms work by learning from the trails of data we leave in our newly digital world. Like curious children, they observe us, imitate, and experiment. And in the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on...

Ernst Mayr

At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader, "What Evolution Is" poses the questions at the heart of evolutionary theory and considers how improved understanding of evolution has affected the viewpoints and values of modern man. ...

Roxana Morduchowicz

Konrad Lorenz

Hablaba con las bestias, los peces y los pájaros aluden a la leyenda según la cual el rey Salomón, gracias a un anillo, podía entender el lenguaje de los animales y ser entendido por ellos. Konrad Lorenz, considerado el padre de la etología, afirma en esta obra que tal logro pudo alcanzarlo él mismo sin necesidad de ningún anillo encantado, sólo guiándose por el rigor científic...

Jose Enrique Campillo Alvarez

Tras su extraordinario El mono obeso (2004), en el que se ocupaba de uno de los grandes problemas de las sociedades desarrolladas, las enfermedades de la opulencia, como el colesterol, la diabetes o la obesidad, el doctor José Enrique Campillo Álvarez ofrece ahora este libro, no menos importante y necesario, El mono estresado, en el que mantiene e incluso mejora, el lenguaje im...

Martin De Ambrosio

Que el cambio climático es un hecho es algo que ahora solo unos pocos niegan. Los científicos están de acuerdo en que es un fenómeno inédito en la historia de la humanidad, con consecuencias en todos los aspectos que uno se pueda imaginar: desde la economía hasta la política nacional e internacional y la geografía. Por supuesto, también en los ecosistemas terrestres, los mares ...

Eduardo Monteverde

La mitología era poética y florida. La medicina, primitiva, religiosa y desesperada. La razón, elusiva. El miedo, permanente. Leyendo a Monteverde pareciera que la humanidad no puede salir de la barbarie. Y ahí, en medio de historias barrocas, que tienen hilos y noticias que las conectan a lo largo de la historia del género humano, brilla de repente la épica de la medicina. Est...

David R. Begun

Was Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage—such as dexterous hands and larger brains. In this compelling and accessible book, David Begun, one of the world's leading paleoanthropologists, transports readers to ...

Richard L. Gregory

Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. Richard Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles about how perception normally works...

Hawking, Stephen

Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined? In The Nature of Space and ...

Eli Maor

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest mathematical back...

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...

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...