Las ciencias

Everyone has questions about our universe: How hot is Venus? Can you distinguish between a pulsar and a quasar? Is there a universe or a multiverse? Where do we fit into the infinitely grand scheme of things? How do we map the Cosmic Microwave Background? Most tantalizing of all: Is there anyone out there? This small volume encapsulates the terrifying hugeness of the cosmos into bite-sized particles that mere earthlings can understand. It takes you on a cosmic tour, shedding light on the most awesome of objects and places and explaining some very big ideas, concepts, and discoveries. It also...

La Astrobiología es una ciencia nueva, multidisciplinar, que suscita la atención de muchos científicos. Los más recientes descubrimientos sobre la formación y evolución de la vida en nuestro planeta, así como el descubrimiento de agua fuera de la Tierra, ponen en primer término una pregunta aún sin respuesta precisa: ¿existe vida fuera de la Tierra?

Charles Darwin spent the majority of his 1832-1833 voyage around the world in southern South America, and his early experiences in the Cape Horn region may have triggered his first ideas on human evolution. Darwin was not only a field naturalist, but also a scholar of the observations of the European explorers who preceded him. This book illuminates the foundations of Cape Horn’s natural history records as they oriented Darwin’s own explorations and his ideas on natural selection. Richly illustrated with maps and color photographs, this book also offers a guide to the sites visited by...

El doctor Ongay nos ofrecer una visi n panor mica de las matem ticas, haciendo uso de analog as con el arte y ofreciendo un breve recuento hist rico ajeno a las exigencias disciplinarias tanto matem ticas, art sticas e hist ricas. el objetivo no es hacer filosof a de las ciencias, sino la b squeda del placer que produce el entendimiento de la est tica y la matem tica como caras de la misma moneda.