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Gran formato con ilustraciones. Entre 1553 y 1613 vivió uno de los personajes sin duda más interesantes del siglo de Oro. Un auténtico #caballero inventor#, de cuyas invenciones no podía sospecharse en una epoca tan temprana. Sobre las hazañas de este navarro tan ilustre e injustamente desconocido y sobre sus invenciones, tan portentosas para su epoca como los buzos autonomos o las barcas submarinas, diversas maquinas de vapor, aparatos para destilar el agua del mar o balanzas capaces de pesar la pata de una mosca, ha escrito el historiador Nicolas Garcia Tapia seducido por un documento de 1606 hallado en el Archivo General de Simancas. Aparecian en el una serie de dibujos de maquinas cuya existencia nadie sospechaba en esa epoca y de cuyo analisis podia deducirse que no eran solo el producto de la imaginacion de un hombre sino el producto de esforzados trabajos y ensayos. Los documentos revelaban ademas que unos ilustres cientificos de la epoca habian examinado el funcionamiento de los instrumentos y de las maquinas y que, en consecuencia, el rey Felipe III concedia al inventor un privilegio para explotar sus invenciones con todas las garantias juridicas de las patentes actuales. En posteriores busquedas, el autor verifico que alguno de sus inventos llego incluso a las minas de plata de Potosi en America, cuya aplicacion mejoro la produccion. De acuerdo a Garcia Tapia, nuevos documentos describen ademas a este ilustre hijo de Navarra como pintor, cantor y compositor musical, conocedor de todo lo referente al arte de la caballeria y excelente lidiador de toros, autor de tratados de mineria y tecnologia, destacado militar por cuyas hazañas consiguio de Felipe II el habito de caballero de la Orden de Calatrava de la que llego a ser comendador, politico y negociante habil.

Una huella imborrable en la historia de la cienciaConsiderado por la revista Time en diciembre de 1999 como «el Personaje del siglo xx», Albert Einstein dejó una huella imborrable en la historia de l

Arquímedes es distinguido a lo largo de la historia de la cultura, la ciencia y la tecnología como uno de los sabios más eminentes. Al ser artífice de múltiples ingenios construidos con portentosa imaginacion es reconocido como el primer ingeniero de la Antiguedad. Por sus contribuciones a la estatica y la hidrostatica se le considera el fundador de estas ciencias y por ello el padre lejano de las disciplinas que despues de veinte siglos adoptaron el nombre de filosofia natural y mas tarde de fisica matematica. En matematicas se reconoce a Arquimedes como el mas original, riguroso y fecundo de los geometras griegos por haber magnificado de forma colosal el patrimonio geometrico euclideo y conjugar a la perfeccion la intuicion en el descubrimiento con el virtuosismo en la demostracion. Dado que su metodo mecanico de investigacion apunta hacia los indivisibles y los infinitesimales de las cuadraturas del siglo XVII que condujeron al calculo de Newton y Leibniz, y que su metodo demostrativo de exhaucion apunta hacia la aritmetica de los limites que fundamenta el analisis moderno en el siglo XIX, la conjuncion de ambos metodos, uno heuristico y empirico, otro riguroso y apodictico, situa a Arquimedes en los origenes historicos del calculo integral.

Digital Wellbeing masterfully explores the intersection of technology and human potential This book is a must read for those who want to leverage the power of AI to unlock their creativity and imagination and ultimately invent new means of expression that will go way beyond human language art and science of today Ray Kurzweil inventor futurist and author of New York Times bestseller The Singularity Is Nearer Elevate your digital wellbeing by embracing wonder creativity and technology Digital Wellbeing is a transformative guide that offers leaders business professionals educators and lifelong learners a path to thrive in the digital age Krause provides innovative strategies to enhance mindfulness creativity and wellbeing in a world enriched by technology This book empowers readers to leverage digital tools to create meaningful positive connections and improve their overall quality of life Discover how to integrate principles of wonder awe creativity and imagination with cutting edge technology to achieve a balanced and fulfilling digital experience Learn about frameworks for digital wellbeing and how to apply them effectively Gain insights on using technology to enhance connection and a sense of belonging Explore the impact of spatial computing

Why we don t really want simplicity and how we can learn to live with complexity If only today s technology were simpler It s the universal lament but it s wrong In this provocative and informative book Don Norman writes that the complexity of our technology must mirror the complexity and richness of our lives It s not complexity that s the problem it s bad design Bad design complicates things unnecessarily and confuses us Good design can tame complexity Norman gives us a crash course in the virtues of complexity Designers have to produce things that tame complexity But we too have to do our part we have to take the time to learn the structure and practice the skills This is how we mastered reading and writing driving a car and playing sports and this is how we can master our complex tools Complexity is good Simplicity is misleading The good life is complex rich and rewarding but only if it is understandable sensible and meaningful

Nvidia is as valuable as Apple and Microsoft It has shaped the world as we know it But its story is little known This is the definitive story of the greatest technology company of our times Gripping and brilliantly told Mustafa Suleyman author of The Coming WaveIn June 2024 thirty one years after it was founded in a diner Nvidia became the most valuable corporation on Earth The Thinking Machine is the astonishing story of how a designer of videogame equipment conquered the market for AI hardware and in the process reinvented the computer Essential to Nvidia s meteoric success is its visionary CEO Jensen Huang who more than a decade ago on the basis of a few promising scientific results bet his entire company on AI Through unprecedented access to Huang his friends his investors and his employees Stephen Witt documents for the first time the company s epic rise and its single minded and ferocious leader now one of Silicon Valley s most influential figures The Thinking Machine is the story of how Nvidia evolved to supplying hundred million dollar supercomputers It is the story of a determined entrepreneur who defied Wall Street to push his radical vision for computing becoming one of the wealthiest men alive It is the story of a revolution in compu

THE ETHICAL ALGORITHM es un libro del autor VV.AA editado por OXFORD. THE ETHICAL ALGORITHM tiene un código de ISBN 978-0-19-094820-7, de la colección IMPORTADO (LIBROS SERVICIO DIRECTO).

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We live in an incredible period in history The Computer Revolution may be even more life changing than the Industrial Revolution We can do things with computers that could never be done before and computers can do things for us that could never be done before But our love of computers should not cloud our thinking about their limitations We are told that computers are smarter than humans and that data mining can identify previously unknown truths or make discoveries that will revolutionize our lives Our lives may well be changed but not necessarily for the better Computers are very good at discovering patterns but are useless in judging whether the unearthed patterns are sensible because computers do not think the way humans think We fear that super intelligent machines will decide to protect themselves by enslaving or eliminating humans But the real danger is not that computers are smarter than us but that we think computers are smarter than us and so trust computers to make important decisions for us The AI Delusion explains why we should not be intimidated into thinking that computers are infallible that data mining is knowledge discovery and that black boxes should be trusted

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

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.

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

En la Edad de Plata de la Ciencia española, Juan Gil Collado formó parte del selecto grupo de naturalistas que impulsó las Ciencias Naturales más allá de nuestras fronteras. Fue investigador del MNCN, discipulo de Candido Bolivar, experto en dipteros y paludismo y profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Central, ademas de hombre de familia. Hasta que la guerra civil lo cambio todo. Fue depurado e inhabilitado por el Tribunal para la Represion de la Masoneria y el Comunismo, prohibiendosele ejercer su profesion. Pero nunca le quitaron la dignidad. Su vida es una historia de coraje y superacion: la de un cientifico extraordinario que nunca se doblego, que supo reinventarse y redimirse siendo fiel a sus principios y a su vision positiva de la vida.El libro pretende desvelar a la comunidad de historiadores y al publico en general la trayectoria vital y profesional del Dr. Juan Gil Collado, asi como relatar del modo mas imparcial posible las vicisitudes por las que paso una familia, un colectivo de cientificos y un pais durante los años que le tocaron vivir a este gran naturalista español. Los autores han rescatado fotografias personales ineditas y los trabajos desarrollados por Gil Collado dentro y fuera de España, que evidencian su capacidad para resurgir gracias a la dignidad humana que hizo que ...

El catálogo de la exposición reúne textos de Gregorio Marañón y Bertrán de Lis, Antonio López Vega, Marcelino Oreja Aguirre, Francisco Pérez Gutiérrez, Santos Juliá, Emilio Balaguer Perigüell, Rosa Ballester Añon, José Antonio Clavero, Diego Gracia, Helio Carpintero, Genoveva García Queipo de Llano, Lorenzo Delgado Gómez - Escalonilla, Antonio Morales Moya, Genoveva Tussell García, Fernando Marías, Juan Pablo Fusi, Alejandro Fernández de Araoz Marañón y Tom Burns Marañón.

Este libro realiza un viaje en el tiempo hasta los inicios de la teoría electromagnética y la era de las telecomunicaciones para acercarse a la vida, la obra y la compleja pero cautivadora personalidad de uno de los gigantes de la fisica y la ingenieria: Oliver Heaviside. Su pasion por el conocimiento le llevo a dedicar su vida a la ciencia, enfrentandose incluso a personas influyentes y poderosas. Muchas de las grandes ideas de este pionero contribuyeron a cambiar el mundo y se siguen usando hoy en dia en manuales universitarios y en las aulas. Paradojicamente, su nombre casi se ha olvidado. This book takes a trip back in time to the beginnings of electromagnetic theory and the age of telecommunications to look at the life, work and complex but captivating personality of one of the giants of physics and engineering: Oliver Heaviside. His passion for knowledge led him to dedicate his life to science, even confronting influential and powerful people. Many of this pioneer's great ideas helped change the world and are still used today in university textbooks and classrooms. Paradoxically, his name has almost been forgotten.