Respuesta a los problemas de química orgánica

En 1859, Charles Darwin asombro al mundo con una teoria que ha hecho historia: la evolucion por seleccion natural. Este libro constituye una guia de gran utilidad para conocer paso a paso las ideas de Darwin, durante tantos anos consideradas como peligrosas. Adoptando una nueva perspectiva, la obra analiza los conceptos de seleccion natural y gen egoista, a menudo malinterpretados. Sirviendose de los ultimos hallazgos de la genetica, la ecologia y el comportamiento animal --ademas de beber en las fuentes de autores consagrados en el campo de la ciencia, como Richard Dawkins y Steve Pinker--,...

In the framework of the 20th International Congress of History of Science (Liege 1997), a symposium was devoted to the historical work of Adolph P. Youschkevitch (1906-1993). The present volume includes the papers read during the symposium as well as contributions on current issues in the history of mathematics: mathematics as a cultural strength, mathematics from antiquity to the classical period, probability theory and its applications, mathematics in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Preparado como una introducción a los problemas del orden biológico proporciona un resumen al día muy incisivo, ideal para que un amplio público esté al corriente del pensamiento más reciente en este campo de la ciencia.

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...