Resultados para "Briefe" en Ciencia

Are you captivated by the mysteries of the universe and the minds that unravel them? Eager to understand how a single equation transformed our understanding of everything from atoms to galaxies? Wondering how the thoughts of one visionary could redefine the boundaries of space, time, and reality itself? Dive into the extraordinary life and legacy of Albert Einstein in A Brief History of Albert Einstein - Space, Time, and Quantum Theory: E=mc² and the Foundations of Modern Physics.

La aparición de los primeros restos de Neandertales supuso una revolución científica y un golpe a los mismos cimientos de los sectores religiosos más dogmáticos. La aparición de los primeros fósiles humanos en el valle de Neander, en 1856, supuso una auténtica revolución, tanto científica como en el resto de disciplinas.

Nos muestra en el inicio del audio libro las teorías de la alquimia, el trabajo de laboratorio de los alquimistas y los avances a los que llegaron con principios que aún pertenecen a la ciencia como el de causa y efecto; tras esto recorre en un estilo ágil la historia de la alquimia desde sus inciertos orígenes en el Antiguo Egipto, hasta el S. XVIII en el que la revolución científica y el racionalismo crítico cambian los procedimientos de la alquimia por otros más seculares.

يصف المؤلف بيل برايسون نفسه بأنه الرحّالة المتردد، ولكن حتى حين يبقى آمناً في المنزل فإنه لا يستطيع أن يوقف فضوله حيال العالم الذي حوله...لذا فإن كتاب "موجز تاريخ كل شيء تقريباً" هو بحث هدفه فهم كل شيء سبق أن حدث منذ الإنفجار الكبير حتى نشوء الحضارة؛ كيف أتينا من العدم، إلى هنا، حيث صرنا ما نحن عليه...

منذ صدور هذا الكتاب لقي الكثير من الاستحسان حول العالم، وبخاصة من عامة الناس من غير المتخصصين في علم الأنثروبولوجيا، الذين لا يمكنهم قراءة الكتب الأكاديمية وبخاصة كتب التاريخ والأنثروبولوجيا المتخصصة جداً، فأسلوبه في الكتابة جاء سلساً وسهلاً وجعل الأفكار العلمية المعقدة قريبة للفهم، كما أنه دعم آراءه بمصادر علمية موثوقة من دون الجزم بصحتها تاركاً لمن يطّلع عليها إمكانية نقضها أو تطويرها حسب فكره الخاص ومنطقه وإدراكه للأمور.

From breasts and orgasms to periods, pregnancies, and menopause—A Brief History of the Female Body is a fascinating science book explaining the mysteries of the female body through an evolutionary lens.

Birdpedia is an engaging compendium of bird facts and birding lore. Featuring nearly 200 entries - on topics ranging from plumage and migration to birds in art, literature, and folklore - this enticing collection is brimming with wisdom and wit about all things avian.

Fungipedia presents a delightful A-Z treasury of mushroom lore. With more than 180 entries - on topics as varied as Alice in Wonderland, chestnut blight, medicinal mushrooms, poisonings, Santa Claus, and waxy caps - this collection will transport both general listeners and specialists into the remarkable universe of fungi. Combining ecological, ethnographic, historical, and contemporary knowledge, author and mycologist Lawrence Millman discusses how mushrooms are much more closely related to humans than to plants, how they engage in sex, how insects farm them, and more.

Florapedia is an eclectic A-Z compendium of botanical lore. With more than 100 enticing entries - on topics ranging from achlorophyllous plants that use a fungus as an intermediary to obtain nutrients from other plants to zygomorphic flowers that admit only the most select pollinators - this collection is a captivating journey into the realm of botany. Writing in her incomparably engaging style, Carol Gracie discusses remarkable plants from around the globe, botanical art and artists, early botanical explorers, ethnobotanical uses of plants, botanical classification, and more.

Offering a bold new understanding of who we are, where we came from, and where we are going, noted ecologist Mark Bertness argues that human beings and their civilization are the products of the same self-organization, evolutionary adaptation, and natural selection processes that have created all other life on Earth. Bertness follows the evolutionary process from the primordial soup of two billion years ago through today, exploring the ways opposing forces of competition and cooperation have led to current assemblages of people, animals, and plants.

The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most digestible book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that accompany everything from new cures for diseases to AI.

50 Things to Know About Archaeology, by JL Musgrave, offers an approach to archaeology that is simple and concise. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, JL Musgrave utilizes academic and public resources to simplify archaeological information for the novice enthusiast.

How did life begin? It is perhaps the most important question science has ever asked. Over the centuries, the search for an answer has been entwined with some of science's most revolutionary advances, including van Leeuwenhoek's microscope, Darwin's theory of evolution, and Crick and Watson's unveiling of DNA.

The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In 32 concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its mysteries. Bartusiak shares the back stories for many momentous astronomical discoveries, including the contributions of such pioneers as Beatrice Tinsley and her groundbreaking research in galactic evolution.