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Charles Darwin stands as a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought in establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. These letters offer a fascinating window onto his daily experience, scientific observations, personal concerns and friendships, affording a unique glimpse of Darwin as both naturalist and family man. From his early years at Edinburgh University up to the publication of The Origin of Species in 1859, the letters in this volume chart the most exciting years of Darwin's life, including the voyage of the Beagle and the subsequent...

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...

¿De qué está hecho nuestro universo? Esta no es una pregunta nueva; de una manera u otra, el mismo interrogante ha acompañado a nuestros antepasados curiosos desde la noche de los tiempos. Los estudiosos del cosmos de hoy, sin embargo, creen haber hallado la respuesta. A partir de novedosas teorías y de observaciones y experimentos de gran precisión, se ha establecido un modelo para la evolución y el contenido de este universo, que nuestros abuelos (y, en algunos casos, incluso nuestros padres) jamás habrían podido siquiera imaginar. El resultado, de más está decir, es extraño,...

La invasion de las algas. Los lagos y el hombre. Los lagos estan hechos de agua. Como respira un lago. El fosforo, la estrella matutina. El medico del medio ambiente. Detergentes y lagos. El ano del NTA. Signos o soluciones?