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An in depth look at the history of the environment Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren Is the world sick Can it be healed Less than a lifetime ago these questions would have made no sense This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature nor because they were unaware of the serious damage they had done What people lacked was an idea a way of imagining the web of interconnection and consequence of which the natural world is made Without this notion we didn t have a way to describe the scale and scope of human impact upon nature This idea was the environment In this fascinating book Paul Warde Libby Robin and Sverker Sorlin trace the emergence of the concept of the environment following World War II a period characterized by both hope for a new global order and fear of humans capacity for almost limitless destruction It was at this moment that a new idea and a new narrative about the planet wide impact of people s behavior emerged closely allied to anxieties for the future Now we had a vocabulary for talking about how we were changing nature resource exhaustion and energy biodiversity pollution and eventually climate

Peter Russell argues that global communications and the internet are helping to link the minds of humanity together to form a single global brain and consciousness with remarkable potential

A radical proposal for how a tiny organism can transform our understanding of human relations Serving as both a guide and companion publication to the conceptual art project of the same name The Lichen Museum explores how the physiological characteristics of lichens provide a valuable template for reimagining human relations in an age of ecological and social precarity Channeling between the personal the scientific the philosophical and the poetic A Laurie Palmer employs a cross disciplinary framework that artfully mirrors the collective relations of lichens imploring us to envision alternative ways of living based on interdependence rather than individualism and competition Lichens are composite organisms made up of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacteria thriving in a mutually beneficial relationship The Lichen Museum looks to these complex organisms remarkable for their symbiosis diversity longevity and adaptability as models for relations rooted in collaboration and nonhierarchical structures In their resistance to fast paced growth and commodification lichens also offer possibilities for humans to reconfigure their relationship to time and attention outside of the accelerated pace of capitalist accumulation Drawing together a diverse set of voices

Dava Sobel acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory For decades Marie Curie was the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings and despite constant illness she travelled far and wide to share the secrets of radioactivity a term she coined She is still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields Her ingenuity extended far beyond the laboratory walls grieving the death of her husband Pierre she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne devotedly raised two daughters drove a van she outfitted with x ray equipment to the front lines of World War I befriended Albert Einstein and inspired generations of young women to pursue science as a way of life Approaching Marie Curie from a unique angle Sobel navigates her remarkable discoveries and fame alongside the women who became her legacy from Norway s Ellen Gleditsch and France s Marguerite Perry who discovered the element francium to her own daughter Irene a Nobel Prize winner in her own right The Elements of Marie Curie deftly illuminates the trailblazing life and enduring influence of one of the most co

A panorama of cutting edge science in our planet s harshest and most remote environments

Con un lenguaje accesible, El libro de la ciencia ofrece concisas explicaciones que desbrozan la jerga académica, esquemas que hacen sencillas las teorías más complejas, citas memorables y una serie

La Grecia Antigua, China, Europa Medieval, La revolución Copernicana, la revolución científica, la ciencia ilustrada y la ciencia contemporánea. Las aportaciones de los científicos musulmanes y judíos durante la Edad Media. Cinco mil años de Historia de la ciencia, desde el amanecer mesopotamico, hasta el crepusculo del Siglo XX son analizados de un modo breve, preciso y esclarecedor.

This book, by Darwin''s most celebrated modern biographers, gives a completely new explanation of how he came to his shattering theories about human origins. Until now, Desmond and Moore argue, the source of the moral fire which gives such intensity and urgency to Darwin''s ideas has gone unnoticed. By examining minutely Darwin''s manuscripts and correspondence (published and unpublished) and covert notebooks, where many of the clues lie, they show that the key to unlocking the mystery of how such an ostensibly conservative man could hold views which his contemporaries considered both radical and bestial, lay in his utter detestation of slavery. "Darwin''s Sacred Cause" will be one of the major contributions to the worldwide Darwin anniversary celebrations in 2009.

Esta en un historia sobre ti. La historia de quién eres y cómo has llegado a ser quien eres. Tu historia es única; como lo es la del resto de 10 billones de humanos que alguna vez respiraron. Adam Rutherford, genetista de la Universidad de Londres, ha escrito un libro divertido, apasionante y lúcido que abre las puertas a concebir nuestra existencia de un modo nuevo y fascinante. Nuestro genoma no debe leerse como un manual de instrucciones sino como un poema épico. Con un lenguaje sencillo y emotivo, Rutherford consigue explicar en qué consiste la mayor revolución científica a escala humana de la historia de la humanidad. Sin duda este libro se convertirá en un clásico de la divulgación científica como lo fueron los libros de Stephen Jay Gould o los de Richard Dawkins.

Hacer ejercicio se ha convertido en una actividad habitual en nuestra sociedad, tanto, que aquellos que no lo practican suelen sentirse desplazados. Pero el ser humano nunca evolucionó para hacer ejercicio y, desde un punto de vista cientifico, es una actividad extraña. Daniel Lieberman, autor de La historia del cuerpo humano, ha desentrañado los secretos del ejercicio fisico utilizando las herramientas de la antropologia evolutiva para desmontar algunos mitos que se vinculan al ejercicio fisico y nos ayuda a descubrir por que y que tipo de ejercicio es el mas conveniente para mantener la salud y combatir enfermedades. Desde los valles de Tanzania a las cordileras donde habitan los tarahumaras, pasando por las maratones y los grandes deportistas como Usain Bolt, Lieberman nos ayuda a entender que ejercicio es beneficioso para nuestro cuerpo y como debemos entender realmente el ejercicio humano.

Antes de morir en la erupción del Vesubio, Plinio escribió una obra colosal que, para nuestro asombro,resulta hoy increíblemente moderna. Su Historia Natural, en el año 77 de nuestra era, es la primeragran recopilacion enciclopedica de la Antiguedad acerca de la Naturaleza y el mundo que nos rodea,desde las constelaciones de estrellas hasta los insectos. Plinio el Viejo ya escribia entonces que la Tierraera redonda. Sabemos lo que representan las distintas esculturas preservadas de aquellos lejanos diasgracias a que el las describio con sumo detalle (pues de otro modo nos seria imposible). A traves de suspaginas percibimos la importancia de la figura de Plinio, el erudito, militar y cientifico que fallecio enla erupcion que sepulto las ciudades de Pompeya y Herculano en el año 79, y con el, la insospechadaactualidad de una fascinante obra sobre la Naturaleza que, igual que hace dos mil años, nos sigueinterpelando sobre temas tan actuales como el papel depredador del hombre en la Tierra, lasmaravillas de nuestro planeta y la necesidad de salvaguardar el legado natural del que formamos parte.Xose Antonio Lopez Silva, un consumado experto en filologia clasica, nos acerca en esteestimulante libro las prodigiosas aportaciones de Plinio a la Historia Natural, revelando al perplejolector que su inmenso caudal de conocimiento no ha envejecido un apice.Plinio compromete toda su personalidad y todo su corazon en esta inmensa investigacion a propositode la Naturaleza. (...) Y ello con una lengua, una prosa, que durante siglos se ha considerado, cuantomenos, el mejor contrapunto del estilo ciceroniano. SANDRA RAMOS MALDONADONo es ya un autor () sino toda una biblioteca. LUIS VIVES

El cometido habitual de la filosofía consiste en responder preguntas relativas a las fronteras del conocimiento, el sentido de la existencia, los principios de la acción humana o de la convivencia social. Sin embargo, en el siglo XX los filosofos adoptaron una actitud mas precavida, buscaron formas de expresion mas cripticas, pretendieron conseguir mayores cotas de rigor a cambio de recortar sus ambiciones. Por lo que se refiere a las cuestiones ultimas, los cientificos han compensado a menudo este retraimiento. Muchos de ellos se han atrevido a especular sobre asuntos tan controvertidos como el origen del universo y el destino del hombre. Lo han hecho como colofon a investigaciones mas concretas y empiricas, al hilo de escritos de alta divulgacion, textos autobiograficos, ensayos, alocuciones o conferencias. Este libro recopila, expone y critica la cosmovision de 39 autores escogidos entre los cientificos contemporaneos mas relevantes en todos los campos de la investigacion.

All you need to explore science is a kitchen this book and a dash of curiosity The Kitchen Science Cookbook is a beautifully crafted book with a unique twist each recipe is a science experiment that you can do at home using the everyday ingredients you ll find in your kitchen No need to be a science expert these easy to follow recipes make mind blowing science experiments fun for everyone From sticky ice and raising raisins to balloon science and scrumptious slime nanotechnologist and educator Michelle Dickinson shows that we can all be scientists no matter how young or old With recipes tested by hundreds of enthusiastic families around the world The Kitchen Science Cookbook is the perfect gift for all ages

The nation s go to woman for all things space her joy for the subject is boundless The Guardian Take a new look at the world around you What is a planet Is there life on Mars What makes Earth so special Questions about our Solar System have fascinated us for centuries Based on the latest scientific research The Story of the Solar System will help you see the planets around us in a whole new light Using colourful and easy to follow infographics each planet becomes a character with a story of its own to tell from Jupiter the King of the Solar System to ice oddity Uranus and outlier planet but not a planet Pluto As space scientist Maggie Aderin Pocock shows us the story of Earth is best understood as part of its larger family and The Story of the Solar System will bring that family to life

THOM RENE La tesis de este libro propone un formulismo que permite abordar los problemas de morfogénesis en general. Partiendo de una reflexión acerca de los mecanismos que actúan en el desarrollo embriologico, este formalismo desemboca en un metodo universal que permite asociar a toda apariencia morfologica una situacion dinamica local que la engendra con independencia del sustrato para el cual sirve de soporte. Se introduce asi la nocion de "catastrofe", para la cual se dan aplicaciones en la fisica, la linguistica y la biologia. Se introducen ademas nuevas nociones matematicas y la primera tentativa sistematica de pensar en terminos geometricos y topologicos los problemas de la regulacion biologica, tales como la estabilidad estructural de las formas.

A scientific tour de force Dr Becky Smethurst Highly recommended Tristan Gooley Extravagantly entertaining warmly informative Lev Parikian A fascinating look at the strange and alien side of space Dr Lucy Rogers The BBC presenter of Sky at Night and Gresham Professor of Astronomy Chris Lintott takes us on an astonishing tour of bizarre accidents big characters and human error to tell the story of some of the most important astronomical events of the past hundred years Our first views of the earliest galaxies were brought to us by the Hubble Space Telescope when it was pointed at absolutely nothing The ice covered Enceladus one of Saturn s nearly one hundred moons was revealed as a possible habitat for life after a by chance fly by of NASA s Cassini probe on a mission elsewhere Pulsars the spectacular remnants of long dead massive stars were discovered as scruff in the data for measurements of the twinkling of possible radio stars As new telescopes are built on mountaintops and in deserts around the world aiming to transform our view of t

An in depth look at the history of the environment Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren Is the world sick Can it be healed Less than a lifetime ago these questions would have made no sense This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature nor because they were unaware of the serious damage they had done What people lacked was an idea a way of imagining the web of interconnection and consequence of which the natural world is made Without this notion we didn t have a way to describe the scale and scope of human impact upon nature This idea was the environment In this fascinating book Paul Warde Libby Robin and Sverker Sorlin trace the emergence of the concept of the environment following World War II a period characterized by both hope for a new global order and fear of humans capacity for almost limitless destruction It was at this moment that a new idea and a new narrative about the planet wide impact of people s behavior emerged closely allied to anxieties for the future Now we had a vocabulary for talking about how we were changing nature resource exhaustion and energy biodiversity pollution and eventually climate

Peter Russell argues that global communications and the internet are helping to link the minds of humanity together to form a single global brain and consciousness with remarkable potential

A radical proposal for how a tiny organism can transform our understanding of human relations Serving as both a guide and companion publication to the conceptual art project of the same name The Lichen Museum explores how the physiological characteristics of lichens provide a valuable template for reimagining human relations in an age of ecological and social precarity Channeling between the personal the scientific the philosophical and the poetic A Laurie Palmer employs a cross disciplinary framework that artfully mirrors the collective relations of lichens imploring us to envision alternative ways of living based on interdependence rather than individualism and competition Lichens are composite organisms made up of a fungus and an alga or cyanobacteria thriving in a mutually beneficial relationship The Lichen Museum looks to these complex organisms remarkable for their symbiosis diversity longevity and adaptability as models for relations rooted in collaboration and nonhierarchical structures In their resistance to fast paced growth and commodification lichens also offer possibilities for humans to reconfigure their relationship to time and attention outside of the accelerated pace of capitalist accumulation Drawing together a diverse set of voices

Dava Sobel acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory For decades Marie Curie was the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings and despite constant illness she travelled far and wide to share the secrets of radioactivity a term she coined She is still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields Her ingenuity extended far beyond the laboratory walls grieving the death of her husband Pierre she took his place as professor of physics at the Sorbonne devotedly raised two daughters drove a van she outfitted with x ray equipment to the front lines of World War I befriended Albert Einstein and inspired generations of young women to pursue science as a way of life Approaching Marie Curie from a unique angle Sobel navigates her remarkable discoveries and fame alongside the women who became her legacy from Norway s Ellen Gleditsch and France s Marguerite Perry who discovered the element francium to her own daughter Irene a Nobel Prize winner in her own right The Elements of Marie Curie deftly illuminates the trailblazing life and enduring influence of one of the most co

Con un lenguaje accesible, El libro de la ciencia ofrece concisas explicaciones que desbrozan la jerga académica, esquemas que hacen sencillas las teorías más complejas, citas memorables y una serie

A panorama of cutting edge science in our planet s harshest and most remote environments

La Grecia Antigua, China, Europa Medieval, La revolución Copernicana, la revolución científica, la ciencia ilustrada y la ciencia contemporánea. Las aportaciones de los científicos musulmanes y judíos durante la Edad Media. Cinco mil años de Historia de la ciencia, desde el amanecer mesopotamico, hasta el crepusculo del Siglo XX son analizados de un modo breve, preciso y esclarecedor.

This book, by Darwin''s most celebrated modern biographers, gives a completely new explanation of how he came to his shattering theories about human origins. Until now, Desmond and Moore argue, the source of the moral fire which gives such intensity and urgency to Darwin''s ideas has gone unnoticed. By examining minutely Darwin''s manuscripts and correspondence (published and unpublished) and covert notebooks, where many of the clues lie, they show that the key to unlocking the mystery of how such an ostensibly conservative man could hold views which his contemporaries considered both radical and bestial, lay in his utter detestation of slavery. "Darwin''s Sacred Cause" will be one of the major contributions to the worldwide Darwin anniversary celebrations in 2009.

Esta en un historia sobre ti. La historia de quién eres y cómo has llegado a ser quien eres. Tu historia es única; como lo es la del resto de 10 billones de humanos que alguna vez respiraron. Adam Rutherford, genetista de la Universidad de Londres, ha escrito un libro divertido, apasionante y lúcido que abre las puertas a concebir nuestra existencia de un modo nuevo y fascinante. Nuestro genoma no debe leerse como un manual de instrucciones sino como un poema épico. Con un lenguaje sencillo y emotivo, Rutherford consigue explicar en qué consiste la mayor revolución científica a escala humana de la historia de la humanidad. Sin duda este libro se convertirá en un clásico de la divulgación científica como lo fueron los libros de Stephen Jay Gould o los de Richard Dawkins.

Hacer ejercicio se ha convertido en una actividad habitual en nuestra sociedad, tanto, que aquellos que no lo practican suelen sentirse desplazados. Pero el ser humano nunca evolucionó para hacer ejercicio y, desde un punto de vista cientifico, es una actividad extraña. Daniel Lieberman, autor de La historia del cuerpo humano, ha desentrañado los secretos del ejercicio fisico utilizando las herramientas de la antropologia evolutiva para desmontar algunos mitos que se vinculan al ejercicio fisico y nos ayuda a descubrir por que y que tipo de ejercicio es el mas conveniente para mantener la salud y combatir enfermedades. Desde los valles de Tanzania a las cordileras donde habitan los tarahumaras, pasando por las maratones y los grandes deportistas como Usain Bolt, Lieberman nos ayuda a entender que ejercicio es beneficioso para nuestro cuerpo y como debemos entender realmente el ejercicio humano.

Antes de morir en la erupción del Vesubio, Plinio escribió una obra colosal que, para nuestro asombro,resulta hoy increíblemente moderna. Su Historia Natural, en el año 77 de nuestra era, es la primeragran recopilacion enciclopedica de la Antiguedad acerca de la Naturaleza y el mundo que nos rodea,desde las constelaciones de estrellas hasta los insectos. Plinio el Viejo ya escribia entonces que la Tierraera redonda. Sabemos lo que representan las distintas esculturas preservadas de aquellos lejanos diasgracias a que el las describio con sumo detalle (pues de otro modo nos seria imposible). A traves de suspaginas percibimos la importancia de la figura de Plinio, el erudito, militar y cientifico que fallecio enla erupcion que sepulto las ciudades de Pompeya y Herculano en el año 79, y con el, la insospechadaactualidad de una fascinante obra sobre la Naturaleza que, igual que hace dos mil años, nos sigueinterpelando sobre temas tan actuales como el papel depredador del hombre en la Tierra, lasmaravillas de nuestro planeta y la necesidad de salvaguardar el legado natural del que formamos parte.Xose Antonio Lopez Silva, un consumado experto en filologia clasica, nos acerca en esteestimulante libro las prodigiosas aportaciones de Plinio a la Historia Natural, revelando al perplejolector que su inmenso caudal de conocimiento no ha envejecido un apice.Plinio compromete toda su personalidad y todo su corazon en esta inmensa investigacion a propositode la Naturaleza. (...) Y ello con una lengua, una prosa, que durante siglos se ha considerado, cuantomenos, el mejor contrapunto del estilo ciceroniano. SANDRA RAMOS MALDONADONo es ya un autor () sino toda una biblioteca. LUIS VIVES

El cometido habitual de la filosofía consiste en responder preguntas relativas a las fronteras del conocimiento, el sentido de la existencia, los principios de la acción humana o de la convivencia social. Sin embargo, en el siglo XX los filosofos adoptaron una actitud mas precavida, buscaron formas de expresion mas cripticas, pretendieron conseguir mayores cotas de rigor a cambio de recortar sus ambiciones. Por lo que se refiere a las cuestiones ultimas, los cientificos han compensado a menudo este retraimiento. Muchos de ellos se han atrevido a especular sobre asuntos tan controvertidos como el origen del universo y el destino del hombre. Lo han hecho como colofon a investigaciones mas concretas y empiricas, al hilo de escritos de alta divulgacion, textos autobiograficos, ensayos, alocuciones o conferencias. Este libro recopila, expone y critica la cosmovision de 39 autores escogidos entre los cientificos contemporaneos mas relevantes en todos los campos de la investigacion.

All you need to explore science is a kitchen this book and a dash of curiosity The Kitchen Science Cookbook is a beautifully crafted book with a unique twist each recipe is a science experiment that you can do at home using the everyday ingredients you ll find in your kitchen No need to be a science expert these easy to follow recipes make mind blowing science experiments fun for everyone From sticky ice and raising raisins to balloon science and scrumptious slime nanotechnologist and educator Michelle Dickinson shows that we can all be scientists no matter how young or old With recipes tested by hundreds of enthusiastic families around the world The Kitchen Science Cookbook is the perfect gift for all ages

The nation s go to woman for all things space her joy for the subject is boundless The Guardian Take a new look at the world around you What is a planet Is there life on Mars What makes Earth so special Questions about our Solar System have fascinated us for centuries Based on the latest scientific research The Story of the Solar System will help you see the planets around us in a whole new light Using colourful and easy to follow infographics each planet becomes a character with a story of its own to tell from Jupiter the King of the Solar System to ice oddity Uranus and outlier planet but not a planet Pluto As space scientist Maggie Aderin Pocock shows us the story of Earth is best understood as part of its larger family and The Story of the Solar System will bring that family to life

THOM RENE La tesis de este libro propone un formulismo que permite abordar los problemas de morfogénesis en general. Partiendo de una reflexión acerca de los mecanismos que actúan en el desarrollo embriologico, este formalismo desemboca en un metodo universal que permite asociar a toda apariencia morfologica una situacion dinamica local que la engendra con independencia del sustrato para el cual sirve de soporte. Se introduce asi la nocion de "catastrofe", para la cual se dan aplicaciones en la fisica, la linguistica y la biologia. Se introducen ademas nuevas nociones matematicas y la primera tentativa sistematica de pensar en terminos geometricos y topologicos los problemas de la regulacion biologica, tales como la estabilidad estructural de las formas.

A scientific tour de force Dr Becky Smethurst Highly recommended Tristan Gooley Extravagantly entertaining warmly informative Lev Parikian A fascinating look at the strange and alien side of space Dr Lucy Rogers The BBC presenter of Sky at Night and Gresham Professor of Astronomy Chris Lintott takes us on an astonishing tour of bizarre accidents big characters and human error to tell the story of some of the most important astronomical events of the past hundred years Our first views of the earliest galaxies were brought to us by the Hubble Space Telescope when it was pointed at absolutely nothing The ice covered Enceladus one of Saturn s nearly one hundred moons was revealed as a possible habitat for life after a by chance fly by of NASA s Cassini probe on a mission elsewhere Pulsars the spectacular remnants of long dead massive stars were discovered as scruff in the data for measurements of the twinkling of possible radio stars As new telescopes are built on mountaintops and in deserts around the world aiming to transform our view of t