A ciencia cierta

In August of 2005, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in Sierra del Divisor, a mountain range that rises up dramatically from the lowlands of central Amazonian Peru. This assessment, presented here in English and Spanish, collects their research on the plants and animals of the region as well as the social and cultural assets of local villages and their use and management of natural resources. The report includes recommendations for conservation and management, including steps to safeguard the voluntarily isolated indigenous people living in the region. Corine Vriesendorp is a...

progress and happiness - however these terms may be understood in detail - as a significant and constitutive element of scientific inquiry. In this sense the question of the way in which sport really benefits people and contributes to their happiness, and under which individual and social conditions, is a scientific question. It assumes special significance when the fact is taken into account that in the field of sport science a general scepticism is shown towards those dogmas and pedagogical theses which take such an interpretation for granted in the absence of a firm empirical foundation...

EL GRAN ESPECTÁCULO DEL COSMOS. Vivimos en una auténtica Edad de Oro de la exploración. Los observatorios de última generación han cartografiado las regiones más alejadas del cosmos y las sondas espaciales nos han permitido contemplar de primera mano el sistema solar. GALAXIA nos descubre la nueva y asombrosa visión del universo resultante de esos avances.

El presente libro versa sobre las aportaciones y estudios de investigadores sobre vegetación y cambios climáticos estructurados básicamente en 5 bloques temáticos (Vegetación y cambios climáticos espaciales, vegetación y cambios climáticos temporales, sintaxonomía, fitosociología descriptiva, cartografía de la vegetación, valoración ecológica y gestión).