Astrofísica

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...

Following the overthrow of the classical world picture by the findings of quantum mechanics, physicists have proposed a broad gamut of alternative worldviews. The Quantum Enigma begins with the major recognition that each of these suffers from a certain residual Cartesianism that has been smuggled in unconsciously. It turns out that the moment this hidden and problematic premise is discarded, quantum theory begins to make sense in a way that it never has before. As the author shows, it is now possible, for the first time, to integrate the findings of quantum physics into a worldview that...

Los nanotecnólogos están transformando aceleradamente nuestra vida cotidiana. Al modificar la materia átomo por átomo, en dimensiones inimaginables de una mil millonésima parte del metro, trabajan en aplicaciones que guían el autoensamblaje de componentes nanoelectrónicos, en fabricar materiales que mejoren la biocompatibilidad de implantes y prótesis, en telas o pinturas que repelen los gérmenes, en sistemas que permiten un mejor uso de los recursos naturales y métodos de control de la contaminación. En el mundo nanotecnológico, podemos encontrarnos con que el oro no es dorado,...

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