El nacimiento de los sistemas planetarios

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...

Eighty-eight lavishly illustrated pages of stepby-step coloured drawings and photographs teaches you how to grow orchids confidently, successfully and professionally. Written for the amateur and the professional without access to sophisticated laboratory equipment and chemicals, this contains all you need to know to become an expert.

The book compiles case studies regarding the biodiversity research and monitoring program of Andean species and habitats carefully chosen as indicators to assess the short- and long-term effects of a linear disturbance: the PERU LNG pipeline. Set in a scientifically unexplored region of the Andes, Monitoring Biodiversity clearly articulates the Smithsonian-led conceptual framework for the implementation in the field by scientists. It addresses scientific and conservation questions addressed by the research protocols, the experimental design, and data gathering. Moreover, the book covers a gap ...

Para la Climatología española el último cuarto del siglo XX marca el comienzo de una fructífera etapa de renovación temática y metodológica que explica su eclosión y actual desarrollo. La nueva situación ha significado un avance espectacular en la producción científica, la asunción de líneas de investigación de vanguardia y la progresiva internacionalización, que se inserta en la corriente mundial de los nuevos paradigmas que protagonizan los vigentes intereses y objetivos de la Climatología.