Ciencia Imprescindible Para Curiosos

"The Higgs boson ... is the key to understanding why mass exists and how atoms are possible. After billions of dollars and decades of effort by more than six thousand researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland--a doorway is opening into the mind-boggling world of dark matter and beyond. Caltech physicist and acclaimed writer Sean Carroll explains both the importance of the Higgs boson and the ultimately human story behind the greatest scientific achievement of our time"--Publisher.

"Los grandes cambios no se producen sino hasta que empiezan a cambiar los individuos, en sus localidades y contextos personales, para luego tocar a sus personas cercanas. Las transformaciones se mueven como un virus, que va contagiando de uno en uno, hasta formar un movimiento." Nuestra vida en el planeta ha llegado a un límite. Nos encontramos, como humanidad, en un punto de inflexión en el que debemos tomar decisiones radicales para que nuestra supervivencia como especie tenga continuidad. La población crece a un ritmo descontrolado, nuestro afán de competencia, poder y acumulación ha...

L'alta qualitat científica, i didàctica, del llibre està garantida per una llarga i acurada selecció de problemes i una, no menys extensa i immillorable relació de qüestions, sempre amb solució, i quan és aconsellable amb ajudes i indicacions per a la resolució

Why Are So Many Jews Millionaires? Jews are estimated to make up less than 1% of the world's population, yet approximately 25% of the world's billionaires are Jewish. Jews are always found on lists of the world's richest people. In 2009, 139 of the Forbes 400 were Jewish. Jews also comprise a very large number of history's most important figures, people who have had a profound impact on humanity. Approximately 35% of Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Jews. No other ethnic group has even come close to matching the abilities and accomplishments of Jews. Since such a large percent of the...