A mediados del siglo XIX, el Observatorio de Harvard comenzó a emplear a mujeres como calculadoras o "computadoras humanas" para interpretar las observaciones que sus contrapartes masculinas realizaban por telescopio cada noche.
Con el fin de abordar la búsqueda de vida inteligente extraterrestre, en el 2016 los autores del libro iniciaron un grupo de investigación multidisciplinaria que dieron en llamar Proyecto OTHER (Otros mundos, Tierra, Humanidad y Espacio Remoto).
In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet from the poles to the tropics.
The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universeThe Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our universe on the grandest scales imaginable.
Astronomers believe that a supernova is a massive explosion signaling the death of a star, causing a cosmic recycling of the chemical elements and leaving behind a pulsar, black hole, or nothing at all.
In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science, Sara Schechner presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories.
Since Einstein first described them nearly a century ago, gravitational waves have been the subject of more sustained controversy than perhaps any other phenomenon in physics.
A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveriesFor centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them.
* Un viaje por las constelaciones para conocer los progresos de los grandes astrónomos del pasado, las interpretaciones más o menos fantasiosas de los fenómenos celestes y el avance del conocimiento del universo a través de quienes convirtieron su estudio en su razón de vivir.
Perfect for anyone wishing to learn more about our local star, eclipses and the Northern LightsThe Sun is incredibly dynamic and shrouded in mystery, despite its apparent unchanging appearance in the daytime sky.
En este álbum ilustrado de no ficción Seth Fishman busca hacernos pensar en toda clase de números, desde los más inimaginablemente grandes hasta uno de los más únicos e importantes (al menos para nosotros): el 1.
Descubre todos los secretos (y un montón de curiosidades) del sistema solar en este espectacular álbum ilustrado de la colección Los Exploradores del Espacio.
From two of the world's great physicists-Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose-a lively debate about the nature of space and timeEinstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.
Der einfache Weg zur Astronavigation: Sicher ans Ziel mit Sonne, Mond und SternenDie Navigation auf See nur mithilfe der Gestirne stellt für viele Segler eine Herausforderung dar.
Bajo el signo del toro cuenta historias, leyendas y tradiciones que desvelan la estrecha relacion que ha existido entre el ser humano y el toro desde el nacimiento de nuestra especie.
One of today's leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlightAstronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the outermost galaxies that first came into being when our universe was a mere fraction of its present age.
An insider's look at the science of near-Earth comets and asteroidsOf all the natural disasters that could befall us, only an Earth impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potential to end civilization in a single blow.
The New York Times bestselling tour of the cosmos from three of today's leading astrophysicistsWelcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists.
The story of unmanned space exploration, from Viking to todayDreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds.
