Sedimentología

This volume covers the advances in the organometallic chemistry of nickel, palladium and platinum since publication of COMC in 1982. Major applications of the organometallic compounds of the nickel group are in catalytic and stoichiometric organic synthesis and in materials synthesis. This volume covers the fundamental organometallic chemistry which underpins these applications. The level of sophistication in many areas has increased substantially since COMC, for example in the development of chiral organometallics for use in synthesis, in the synthesis and characterization of larger cluster...

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...

Cómo la evolución nos ha diferenciado del resto de seres vivos: una apasionante investigación sobre qué nos hace humanos. ¿Por qué estamos los humanos en la Tierra y qué nos ha hecho diferentes de los chimpancés y de las demás especies que la pueblan? ¿Son muy antiguas las razas humanas? ¿Responde la evolución a un plan y tiende hacia un progreso? Elaborar la lista de nuestras señas de identidad y establecer su origen en el tiempo es una tarea ardua y está lejos de haber sido completada, pero Juan Luis Arsuaga y Manuel Martín-Loeches realizan una brillante exposición en la que ...