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Students are introduced to the basic concepts of Organic Chemistry. The text is completed with some concrete aspects that allow to prove the great importance of this subject in both, everyday and industrial worlds.

Physics I: The Gymnasium of the Mind provides undergraduate students with a valuable opportunity to acquire the knowledge and the abilities that are evaluated in the PISA project (Program for International Student Assessment) and will be indispensable in later professional and personal life. The objective of this book is to use carefully analyzed and selected phenomena and adequately designed didactic activities to enable students to become involved and discover that they can learn physics, and with the knowledge and abilities learned, allow them to grow intellectually, emotionally, and...

En la linea de los grandes ensayistas cientificos, Harold J. Morowitz descubre en estas paginas las a menudo sorprendentes intersecciones entre nuestra vida cotidiana y las construcciones teoricas de la ciencia, y demuestra que el B+mestizajeB; entre disciplinas alejadas a primera vista (biologia y literatura, fisica y antropologia, historia y matematicas) siempre es enriquecedor. Escritos con un indiscutible sentido del humor, una irresistible ironia y una cultura enciclopedica, cada uno de estos textos es una pequena obra maestra de divulgacion cientifica. El ensayo que da titulo al libro...

The book compiles case studies regarding the biodiversity research and monitoring program of Andean species and habitats carefully chosen as indicators to assess the short- and long-term effects of a linear disturbance: the PERU LNG pipeline. Set in a scientifically unexplored region of the Andes, Monitoring Biodiversity clearly articulates the Smithsonian-led conceptual framework for the implementation in the field by scientists. It addresses scientific and conservation questions addressed by the research protocols, the experimental design, and data gathering. Moreover, the book covers a gap ...