Si el universo está lleno de extraterrestres... ¿dónde está todo el mundo?: Setenta y cinco soluciones a la paradoja de Fermi y el problema de la vida extraterrestre

Las redes sociales, los medios de comunicación y otro sinfín de conductos nos bombardean con mares de información en el día a día. Las afirmaciones y titulares que inundan nuestras pantallas y cerebros muchas veces son alarmistas, confusas y contradictorias. Discernir entre los hechos científicos y las creencias o mitos pseudocientíficos resulta imperativo, pues en ellas basaremos decisiones que afectarán directamente nuestra salud, alimentación y calidad de vida. Mediante este libro divulgativo y ameno, un grupo de científicos del Centro Nacional de Biotecnología se unen para...

Physics I: The Gymnasium of the Mind provides undergraduate students with a valuable opportunity to acquire the knowledge and the abilities that are evaluated in the PISA project (Program for International Student Assessment) and will be indispensable in later professional and personal life. The objective of this book is to use carefully analyzed and selected phenomena and adequately designed didactic activities to enable students to become involved and discover that they can learn physics, and with the knowledge and abilities learned, allow them to grow intellectually, emotionally, and...

El movimiento es uno de los fenómenos que más han llamado la atención de quienes se han dedicado a observar y estudiar la naturaleza. ¿Cómo se organiza una célula o un conjunto de células para producir movimiento? En este libro se describe cómo se fabrican las diferentes partes de la maquinaria celular a partir de instrucciones contenidas en el material genético.

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...