Grandes Personajes de Mexico

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Es un lugar común sostener que en el pasado y en el presente los españoles han tenido y tienen una difícil relación con la ciencia, percepción quizá debida al hecho de que el desarrollo histórico, científico y tecnológico han sufrido en nuestra sociedad, como explica LEONCIO LÓPEZ-OCÓN CABRERA, un peculiar proceso de «guadianización». Pero constatar esta situación no justifica tener una visión negativa del alcance de los conocimientos científico-técnicos en la configuración histórica de la sociedad española, ni debe impedir apreciar las contribuciones de nuestros...

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David Roberts, nacido en Denver (Colorado) y graduado en al Universidad de Harvard, es autor de siete libros, entre los que destacan The Mountain of My Fear y Jean Stafford. A Biography. Es colaborador habitual de las revistas Men ́s Journal, Outside, American Photo, Smithsonian, Atlantic y National Geographic, entre otras publicaciones.