Radiaciones ionizantes

Entre los accidentes de mayor nivel de peligrosidad que pueden manisfestarse en la industria química destacan los diversos tipos de incendios que pueden surgir como consecuencia de fallos técnicos o humanos en la utilización o producción masiva de sustancias combustibles. Dichos incendios no deben considerarse como un accidente aislado, sino que en muchas ocasiones tienen carácter expansivo, generando el denominado efecto dominó, cuyas consecuencias pueden ser más graves que las del incendio precursor. En esta guía se describe la tipología de los grandes incendios exteriores en la...

Humanity's understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not tiny little gaps you can safely ignore -- there are huge yawning voids in our basic notions of how the world works. Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson team up to explore everything we don't know about the universe, and while introducing the biggest mysteries in physics, they also helpfully demystify many complicated things we do know. And although the universe is full of weird things that don't make any sense, Cham and Whiteson make a case that the questions we can't answer are as interesting as the ones we can, and they invite...

Presented as a catalogue, the authors provide complete and true information about endangered Mexican Freshwater fishes. A physical and ethological description, the reason of its involvement in the book, preservation state, natural history and ecology, as well as a map with its geographical location in Mexico, and a picture of the specie is provided for each fish. This book is a start point for the knowledge and preservation of the richness of this biological group.

Análisis multidisciplinar que trata de dar respuesta, desde distintos tipos de vista, a la aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías en el aula, con todas sus luces y sus sombras.