Libros de ciencias, página 26 de 1778

Las gemas de España las podemos encontrar en las joyerías y en la historia. El azabache todavía se utiliza habitualmente como adorno, y como recuerdo de Santiago de Compostela, lo mismo que se hiz

Un exclusivo pack para las y los amantes de la ciencia. El exitoso Mujeres de ciencia y el Cuaderno de ciencia, ambos de Rachel Ignotofsky Este fascinante libro pone de relieve las contribuciones de cincuenta mujeres notables a los campos de la ciencia, la tecnologia, la ingenieria y las matematicas, desde el mundo antiguo hasta nuestros dias. Entre las pioneras incluidas en esta obra, estan figuras conocidas, como Marie Curie y Jane Goodall, y otras no tan conocidas, como Rachel Carson, que ya a comienzos del siglo xx advertia sobre los efectos nocivos de los pesticidas en el medio ambiente y de la creciente contaminacion. Esta coleccion de historias apasionantes tambien contiene infografias sobre temas relevantes como equipos de laboratorio, tasas de mujeres que trabajan en campos relativos a la ciencia y un glosario cientifico ilustrado. Mujeres de ciencia celebra los logros de las intrepidas mujeres que han allanado el camino para las proximas generaciones de mujeres ingenieras, biologas, matematicas, medicas, astronautas, fisicas

Un apasionante recorrido por la estructura matemática invisible que subyace a la belleza y armonía del mundo. Mucha gente ve las matemáticas como algo muy alejado de la vida cotidiana, un universo de abstracciones y entelequias que, mas alla de unas cuantas aplicaciones practicas, poco tiene que ver con el mundo real. Sin embargo, Galileo Galilei ya nos advirtio hace mas de cuatro siglos que el universo esta escrito con el lenguaje de las matematicas, una idea que no era sino la recuperacion de la antigua concepcion pitagorica de la realidad. Esa es la tesis que el matematico Carlo Frabetti se propone demostrarnos en este apasionante libro. En el nos descubrira la razon (matematica) por cual las celdas de los paneles de miel son de forma hexagonal, la presencia de la sucesion de Fibonacci en las pipas del girasol, las constantes astronomicas o la estructura fractal de nuestro sistema respiratorio. Y es que solo cuando, siguiendo de nuevo a Galileo, nos decidimos a medir todo lo que es medible y hacer medible lo que no lo es, logramos alcanzar un conocimiento mas profundo de la naturaleza y descubrimos toda su belleza.

Sindhoor Pangal, desde su India natal, nos invita a acompañarla en su viaje de aprendizaje y descubrimiento del fascinante mundo de los perros, con la riqueza de sus interacciones sociales y toda su comunicacion cargada de sutilezas. En esta obra, basada en estudios etologicos y repleta de divertidas anecdotas, encontraras sabios y practicos consejos que te ayudaran a comprender mejor el ancestral, profundo y extraordinario vinculo entre humanos y perros. La autora, especialista en comportamiento canino y mioterapeuta canina, comparte en estas paginas el conocimiento adquirido en su transformador viaje de aprendizaje y descubrimiento. ?Este libro refleja un cambio de perspectiva en nuestra relacion con los animales, priorizando la etica y la tolerancia y centrandose en su bienestar, algo que a menudo se echa en falta en el adiestramiento canino tradicional. Aporta una mirada calida y amable al mundo del perro y brinda un enfoque novedoso y creativo a los problemas y dificultades que suelen encontrar los tutores en la convivencia diaria?. Turid Rugaas

Unearth the fascinating fundamentals of volcanoes In ten short and informative essays leading volcanologist Dr Rebecca Williams reveals everything you need to know about volcanoes From the deadliest eruptions of all time and how to survive a volcanic eruption to why a volcano won t erupt in your back garden and volcanoes in outer space discover all of this and much much more Volcanoes 10 Things You Should Know is an illuminating and engaging guide to exploring the most exciting natural phenomena on planet earth

FromHimalayan orchards to wild Americangroves a delicious transformative quest fornature s forgotten fruit

Never forget a feline friend with this one of a kind fill in journal that lets you log all the cats you will ever meet Whether it s your local neighborhood explorer or your grandma s cuddle buddy All The Cats I ve Ever Met offers a cute way to keep track of any and all cats that cross your path On each page you ll find a space to doodle the cat and a place to log the cat s name or what you think the cat s name is and where you saw them You can then circle all the elements that apply to your new feline soulmate Were they a black and white tuxedo Maybe an orange tabby Did they give you the time of day or were they an aloof loaf Size Fluff factor Eye color Any sounds Did you get some pets in Each log features a scale to rate your encounter from one to ten and a page for notes if you feel so inclined to describe in deep detail how you and that kitty are destined to be best friends fur ever Here s to all the cats you ve ever met MUST HAVE FOR CAT LOVERS Let s face it we want to befriend every cat we come across But sometimes we need help remembering new feline acquaintances and how to stay in their good graces Whether you want to reminisce about meeting an especially pretty kitty or are looking for a way to keep track of your quest to know and love

A beginner friendly and charmingly illustrated pocket guide to backyard birding For amateur birdwatchers and aspiring ornithologists this introductory book offers an easy way to delve into the awe inspiring world of bird watching whether in a park a forest on a beach or a front porch In these pages you ll learn how to Go where the birds are or might be Identify over twenty species of common and non native North American birds through birdsong nests and appearance Create a bird friendly habitat in your yard Engage in community programming to spread avian awareness Combining bird watching basics with mindfulness exercises Pocket Nature Bird Watching is a wonderful reminder that friendly faces are always around us we just need to open our eyes and ears to find them OUTDOOR FUN Birding is an enjoyable pastime that gets you outside moves your body and calms your mind With mindful activities sprinkled throughout this portable guide is more than a birding how to book it is also an invitation to spend more time in nature and away from screens GREAT GIFT BOOK Petite gorgeously illustrated and written in an inviting and approachable way this beginner s guide makes a great gift or self purchase for nature and bird lovers Package the book with a pair of

An award winning travel writer journeys to see all eighteen species of penguin in this warm and charming biography of the much loved birds their disappearing habitats and their relationship with hum

Join the hugely popular presenter of Deadly 60 on a jaw dropping journey through the world s most dangerous animal encounters Packed with amazing facts about the deadliest animals on our planet Deadly is the ultimate compendium of Steve Backshall s most memorable experiences and dangerous encounters in the natural world From ancient predators and cold blooded killers to lethal lures and biggest bites Steve revisits some of the best known and most feared beasts in the animal kingdom Discover the formidable hunting skills of the orca the phenomenally painful sting of the bullet ant and the punching power of a mantis shrimp alongside many more superpowers and scary survival tactics within the natural world Drawing on over 25 years of experience in the field Steve takes a heart poundingly close look at the greatest record breakers in the animal kingdom determines who would come out on top in a showdown between the deadliest animals to have ever lived and shares the most dramatic moments of his adventures in pursuit of all things Deadly

A charming ode to trees and pocket sized guide to appreciating them in their full glory Often overlooked amid the hustle and bustle of our modern world trees have many lessons to impart In this portable guide crafted to kindle a sense of curiosity and wonder as we explore the nature of trees you ll discover The inner workings of the roots trunk and crown How trees foster community in the wilderness The basics of forest bathing The grounding benefits of peaceful observation With meditative practices and astounding facts Pocket Nature Tree Hugging encourages us to slow down and spend time with our oldest earthly companions APPRECIATING TIME OUTDOORS Tree observation is an enjoyable pastime that gets you outside moves your body and calms your mind With mindful activities sprinkled throughout this is more than a guide to tree identification it is also an invitation to spend more time in nature and away from screens GREAT GIFT BOOK Petite gorgeously illustrated and written in an inviting and approachable way this guide makes a great gift or self purchase for nature and tree lovers Package the book with a pair of pruning shears sturdy gloves a woodcut themed journal or other books in the Pocket Nature series for a delightful anytime gift COLLECTIBLE

Jamie Lafferty embarks on an epic quest in which the journey is at least as entertaining as the end result Stephen Moss author of Ten Birds That Changed the World Highly entertaining and gloriously obsessional Philip Hoare author of Leviathan A wise rude hilarious and oddly moving account Ed Caesar author of The Moth and the Mountain The problem started as problems often do with a penguin From Kings and Emperors to Macaronis and Rockhoppers penguins are one of the most immediately recognisable animals on Earth Yet for all that familiarity what do we really know about them An Inconvenience of Penguins follows award winning travel writer Jamie Lafferty as he visits all eighteen species in a bid to understand the birds and their extraordinarily varied habitats a little better On voyages to some of the planet s most inaccessible and challenging landscapes he recounts the history of our unique relationship with the world s most popular bird telling not only the stories of the penguins but also the people and places around them From getting stranded in the Galapagos and marching through African guano fields to leading photography groups in the Antarctic and taking psychedelics on the Falklands this is a birding quest like no other Along

A full color reference guide to beneficial plants and mushrooms An excellent resource about the natural properties of plants Kirkus Reviews Explores the ethnobotany and practical applications of 30 plants fruits nuts bulbs roots flowers and mushrooms that support the immune system digestion endurance vitality and the brain Examines ritual and mind expanding plants such as fly agaric blue lotus cannabis and peyote cactus Offers 60 delicious vegetarian recipes two for each plant or mushroom by Michelin star chef Joris Bijdendijk WHILE KNOWING that spending time in nature and eating healthy is important we often dismiss the fact that plants have been used as healing medicine for thousands of years In this guide Wouter Bijdendijk highlights thirty mushrooms herbs flowers fruits nuts bulbs and roots that support the immune system digestion endurance vitality and the brain from ginseng and turmeric to chaga and reishi to olive and chamomile He also explores several plants that have played a significant role in rituals and ceremonies such as fly agaric blue lotus cannabis and peyote cactus enabling our ancestors to connect with deeper layers of themselves the spiritual realms and the Divine Michelin star chef Joris Bijdendijk prov

In this magisterial book, historian Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of an extraordinary expansion of human freedom and its planetary costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Portuguese silver mining in Peru, British gold mining in South Africa, and oil extraction in Central Asia. He explores the railroads and highways that brought humans to new terrains of battle against each other and against stubborn nature. Amriths account of the ways in which the First and Second World Wars involved the massive mobilization not only of men, but of other natural resources from around the globe, provides an essential new way of understanding war as an irreversible reshaping of the planet. So too does this book reveal the reality of migration as consequence of environmental harm.The imperial, globe-spanning pursuit of profit, joined with new forms of energy and new possibilities of freedom from hunger and discomfort, freedom to move and explore, has brought change to every inch of the Earth. Amrith relates in gorgeous prose, and on the largest canvas, a mind-altering epicvibrant with stories, characters, and vivid imagesin which humanity might find the collective wisdom to save itself.

Designed to appeal to the book lover the Macmillan Collector s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket sized gift editions of much loved classic titles Bound in real cloth printed on high quality paper and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges Macmillan Collector s Library are books to love and treasure These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and adults since its publication in 1911 When Mary Lennox is orphaned she is sent from her home in India to live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors She arrives as a sour faced sickly and ill tempered little girl bewildered by her surroundings and desperately lonely One day she discovers a way into a secret abandoned garden and with the help of local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin they set about restoring the garden

Recognized as one of the best loved classic children s stories of all time Little Women is an utterly beguiling novel Louisa May Alcott tells the story of the courageous and ingenious March sisters Jo the independent tomboy Beth who is delicate and loving pretty and kind Meg and beautiful precocious Amy the baby of the family Their devoted mother Marmee recently impoverished must care for them alone whilst their father is away serving as a chaplain in the Civil War Part of the Macmillan Collector s Library a series of stunning pocket sized classics featuring bespoke illustrated covers These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover

La selva amazónica, vasta, misteriosa y siempre cambiante, ha sido, desde tiempos remotos, objeto de fascinación. Su inabarcable vegetación, sus ríos caudalosos y las historias que en ella habitan forman parte de un enigmatico territorio en el que naturaleza y mito se entrelazan, y en el que, a cada paso, resuena un eco de antiguas expediciones, sueños y fracasos.En estas paginas, la escritora y poeta Paula Diaz Altozano nos guia, en su busqueda personal de las huellas de los primeros exploradores y la esquiva ciudad de El Dorado, por un viaje que transcurre desde la ciudad nublada de Lima y desemboca en la inasible belleza del rio Amazonas. Mediante una escritura fragmentaria y poetica, mezcla de cronica, ensayo y diario de viaje, nos adentra en un universo en el que confluyen personajes como Fitzcarraldo, comunidades indigenas, y los paisajes siempre vivos y heridos de la Amazonia. Nos habla de la ciudad y sus poetas, de los mapas que dibujan rios como arboles, de la fiebre del oro que aun hoy desgarra la selva, de los museos que guardan tesoros expoliados, y de los sonidos algunos ya perdidos que resuenan en las noches selvaticas.El lamento de la selva es una obra aventurera y meditativa que nos invita a repensar nuestra relacion con el territorio y su memoria, en un momento critico para el medio ambiente y las culturas que lo habitan. Un ensayo que, desde la belleza y la escucha atenta, nos impele a descubrir todo lo que la selva aun puede enseñarnos y lo que nos reclama antes de que su canto se extinga.

* La guía clásica para vivir de manera más sostenible, de uno de los padres del movimiento por la autosuficiencia. * Desde hace más de cuarenta años, John Seymour es una fuente de inspiración para mi

¿Sabías que los cuadrados mágicos esconden secretos milenarios y que una cinta puede tener una sola cara? ¿Sabías que Arquímedes calculó el tamaño del universo o que un problema de ajedrez desafió a las mentes mas brillantes durante siglos? La magia de los numeros es una travesia fascinante por los misterios, las leyendas y los desafios mas curiosos de las matematicas. Desde la historia de la reina Dido y su geometria ingeniosa hasta los laberintos imposibles de iglesias goticas, este libro desvela como los numeros han moldeado la ciencia, el arte y la imaginacion a lo largo de la historia. Con ejercicios, juegos, paradojas y anecdotas que sorprenderan a expertos y seduciran a curiosos, esta obra invita a mirar los numeros con nuevos ojos y descubrir que, detras de cada cifra, hay una historia esperando ser contada. Preparate para disfrutar, pensar y maravillarte. ¿Te atreves a cruzar el umbral y descubrir la magia?

Solo una especie se pregunta por su origen. Este libro responde. Una apasionante investigación sobre qué nos hace humanos.¿Qué nos hace humanos? ¿Y por qué no hay nadie como nosotros en la Tierra? Du