Bill Gates

En este libro tan necesario y riguroso, Bill Gates expone un plan amplio, funcional y, sobre todo, asequible, para reducir a cero las emisiones de los gases causantes del efecto invernadero y evitar a tiempo una catastrofe medioambiental. Bill Gates ha dedicado una decada a investigar el cambio climatico. Con la orientacion de expertos en fisica, quimica, biologia, ingenieria, ciencias politicas y finanzas, se ha centrado en determinar que medidas debemos tomar para detener la carrera del planeta hacia un desastre ambiental irreversible. En este libro, el autor no solo reune la informacion basica para que tomemos conciencia de la necesidad de eliminar las emisiones de los gases causantes del efecto invernadero, sino que tambien explica que debemos hacer para alcanzar este objetivo tan importante. Gates nos ofrece una descripcion lucida de los desafios a los que nos enfrentamos. Aprovechando sus conocimientos en innovacion y en lo que supone introducir nuevos conceptos en el mercado, nos detalla cuales son los campos en los que la tecnologia ya esta ayudando a reducir las emisiones, como y cuando se lograra que la tecnologia actual sea mas eficaz, donde necesitamos dichos avances y quienes estan trabajando en estas mejoras tan necesarias. Por ultimo, traza un plan practico y especifico para llegar a las cero emisiones, tanto con politicas gubernamentales como a titulo personal, implicando asi a gobiernos, a empresas y a nosotros mismos en esta crucial mision. Como advierte Bill Gates, cumplir el objetivo de las cero emisiones no sera una tarea sencilla, pero si esta a nuestro alcance si seguimos sus pautas.Reseñas:De los muchos libros que argumentan que aunque el cambio climatico sera una catastrofe todavia podemos hacer algo para evitarlo, este es el mejor.Sunday Times Practico y accessible.USA Today Claro, conciso sobre un tema extenso y brillantemente holistico en su acercamiento al problema... una excelente introduccion sobre como sacarnos de este lio.New ScientistConvincente... Gates es una fuerza del bien, seria y sincera, en lo referente al cambio climatico.Observer Conciso, directo... Gates ha elaborado una explicacion calmada, razonada y bien documentada sobre el desafio mas grande de nuestros tiempos y nos explica que debemos hacer para evitar el peligro de "cocinar" nuestro planeta.Associated PressSu pericia es evidente en las lucidas explicaciones que brinda el libro sobre los aspectos cientificos del cambio climatico. Propone soluciones pragmaticas y basadas en un razonamiento economico innovador. Aunque no evita la cruda realidad a la que debemos enfrentarnos mientras cambia nuestro clima, Gates se mantiene optimista y cree que tenemos la capacidad de evitar un desastre climatico total.ScienceEl entusiasmo y la curiosidad del autor sobre como funcionan las cosas es contagioso. Gates parece motivado por el tamaño y la complejidad de esta tarea. Esa es una de las mejores cosas de este libro, el optimismo y la conviccion de que la ciencia y la industria unidas pueden estar a la altura de este reto.The Christian Science Monitor

Contemporary / American English (Available February 2008) Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, started Microsoft in 1975 with a friend when he was only nineteen years old. Twenty years later he wrote this book about the future of computers and the Internet. Read the ideas and dreams of a man who has changed the world.

Information is the new business tool, and it can travel at the speed of thought. Bill Gates, in this fascinating book, explains business in the twenty-first century.

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The COVID 19 pandemic isn t over but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us they re also starting to talk about what happens next How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy Can we even hope to accomplish this Bill Gates believes the answer is yes and in this book he lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should have learned from COVID 19 and what all of us can do to ward off another disaster like it Relying on the shared knowledge of the world s foremost experts and on his own experience of combating fatal diseases through the Gates Foundation he first makes us understand the science of corona diseases Then he helps us understand how the nations of the world working in conjunction with one another and with the private sector can not only ward off another COVID like catastrophe but also go far to eliminate all respiratory diseases including the flu Here is a clarion call strong comprehensive and of the gravest importance from one of our greatest and most effective thinkers and activists

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions--suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global economy? Can we even hope to accomplish this?Bill Gates believes the answer is yes, and in this book he lays out clearly and convincingly what the world should have learned from COVID-19 and what all of us can do to ward off another disaster like it. Relying on the shared knowledge of the world's foremost experts and on his own experience of combating fatal diseases through the Gates Foundation, he first makes us understand the science of corona diseases. Then he helps us understand how the nations of the world, working in conjunction with one another and with the private sector, can not only ward off another COVID-like catastrophe but also go far to eliminate all respiratory diseases, including the flu.Here is a clarion call - strong, comprehensive, and of the gravest importance - from one of our greatest and most effective thinkers and activists.

n this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal.He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions-suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise.As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

En este revelador libro se explica cómo un sistema nervioso digital unifica todos los sistemas y procesos bajo una infraestructura común, poniendo en marcha caudales de información y a la empresa en condiciones de realizar notables progresos en materia de eficiencia, crecimiento y beneficios

In this book Bill Gates--who built Microsoft into one of the most successful companies in the world--provides his vision of what the future holds. He shows how, just as the personal computer revolutionized the way we work, the emerging technologies of the digital age will transform forever the way we buy, work, learn, and communicate with one another.

Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft. He thinks that businesses use computers in the same way we use our nervous system. In this book, he describes his idea of a 'Digital Nervous System' - a way for companies to get as much as possible from all the money they have spent on computers.