Curso de termodinámica

Establecer los principios fundamentales de la Física con claridad y precisión es una misión de los textos de Física general. Pero normalmente esto no basta para entender la Física. Es necesario ilustrar estos principios con ejemplos sobre sus aplicaciones y los textos generales no pueden recargar excesivamente sus páginas con el número necesario de ejercicios, cuestiones y problemas.Este es en líneas generales el propósito de los autores al escribir este libro. Completar la formación del alumno de Física de la Universidad o Escuelas Técnicas mediante una exposición de cuestiones, ...

Everyone has questions about our universe: How hot is Venus? Can you distinguish between a pulsar and a quasar? Is there a universe or a multiverse? Where do we fit into the infinitely grand scheme of things? How do we map the Cosmic Microwave Background? Most tantalizing of all: Is there anyone out there? This small volume encapsulates the terrifying hugeness of the cosmos into bite-sized particles that mere earthlings can understand. It takes you on a cosmic tour, shedding light on the most awesome of objects and places and explaining some very big ideas, concepts, and discoveries. It also...

Muchas personas, cada día más, se interesan por los temas concernientes al firmamento, a ese cielo estrellado que podemos ver en una noche oscura y a los fenómenos que en él ocurren. El mundo de la Astronomía es tan amplio, abarca tantos aspectos interrelacionados, que parece conveniente tener a mano un compendio de los conocimientos existentes al respecto, aunque de forma precisa pero sucinta, de fácil lectura y asequible a aquéllos que quieran iniciarse en este fascinante Universo que nos rodea. Más de 100 imágenes a color complementarias al texto, ayudarán sin duda, al lector, a...

The International Atomic Energy Agency has had a leading responsibility in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and misuse of materials intended for nuclear energy across the world. Originally published in 1987, in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 which proved the utmost importance of the agency, Scheinman explores the function of the IAEA and the challenges it faced. This report also lists ways that the agency could be strengthened touching on topics such as leadership roles, support for safeguarding functions and prevention from the agency being overwhelmed by international...

Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake proposes that all self-organizing systems, from crystals to human societies, inherit a collective memory that influences their form and behaviour. Rather than being ruled by fixed laws, nature is essentially habitual. All human beings draw upon a collective human memory, and in turn contribute to it. Even individual memory depends on morphic resonance rather than on physical memory traces stored within the brain. Morphic resonance works through morphic...