Biotecnología para principiantes

Behind the appearance of an innovative vaccine there is a history of determination and struggle, of breaking established models, and of overcoming the mistrust that generates a new theory. In this book we are going to learn about those stories, the stories of great scientists who fought to prove new theories and are now behind vaccines that save or will save millions of lives. We will experience with them the moment when they discovered that they had defeated a virus. We will travel inside the infectious agents to learn about their ability to gain ground in humans, the biological tools they...

Biographies and bibliographies of members are included in many of the volumes. Lists of members are usually given on covers of the numbers.

Riesgos naturales: procesos de la Tierra como riesgos, desastres y catástrofes es un estudio de nivel universitario sobre los procesos de la superficie terrestre que tienen un impacto directo, a menudo repentino y violento, en la humanidad. Este libro combina principios de geología, meteorología, climatología, oceanografía, ecología y astronomía del sistema solar. Está pensado para ayudar a los profesores a guiar a estudiantes con poca o ninguna base de ciencias a través tanto de los fundamentos geológicos como de las repercusiones sociales de estos procesos.

Making knowledge about evolution available to everyone, this simple and entertaining book offers answers to the most frequently asked questions. Throughout the text, the reader is reminded of the importance of understanding evolutionary processes in order to approach present day human behavior, including social conduct, as well as the difficulty of trying to decipher the nature of modern human beings without going back to their zoological origin. Divided into two sections, the first one builds the foundation for the latter, which explains the evolution of life, beginning at the physical...