Photosynthesis is one of the most important processes that affects all life on Earth, and, even now in the twenty-first century, it is still being studied and tested by scientists, chemists, and botanists.
This book serves as a general introduction to food science and technology, based on the academic courses presented by the authors as well as their personal research experiences.
Triangulations, and more precisely meshes, are at the heart of many problems relating to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, and in particular numerical simulations of all kinds of physical phenomena.
Esta obra presenta una colección de demostraciones notables en matemáticas elementales, sobre números, geometría, desigualdades, funciones, origami, teselaciones, de una elegancia excepcional, sucintas e ingeniosas.
"La lengua sirve para hablar para comer helado para hacer muecas y, a veces, para lamer el plato"Así, con una exploración poética sobre el órgano de los sabores, comienza este libro híbrido entre lo literario y lo informativo, escrito a cuatro manos por una poeta y filósofa y un crítico culinario.
El cambio climático (CC) se refiere a la modificación a largo plazo del clima producida por uno o más de los siguientes factores: i) cambios internos dentro del sistema climático; ii) interacción entre componentes climáticos; iii) cambios en fuerzas externas originados por fenómenos naturales o por actividades humanas o por la interacción de cambios naturales y humanos (World Meteorological Organization [WMO], 2012; Carvajal, 2011a).
En las matemáticas elementales, las actividades manipulativas están fuertemente integradas en la enseñanza para facilitar la visualización y comprensión de los conceptos.
Con la idea de que pensar y discutir sobre problemas matemáticos podría generar el mismo entusiasmo que practicar un deporte en equipo, en la antigua Unión Soviética surgió el singular movimiento cultural de los CÍRCULOS MATEMÁTICOS, que dejó tras de sí un intenso rastro de problemas, enfoques y textos.
Descubre todos los secretos (y un montón de curiosidades) del sistema solar en este espectacular álbum ilustrado de la colección Los Exploradores del Espacio.
Estamos convencidos que todos los seres humanos son seres creativos y todos sin excepción tienen la posibilidad de trabajar en el desarrollo de su pensamiento creativo.
An ecologist explores how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all shareIt is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history.
Estamos ante una novedosa propuesta de divulgación científica en la cual se une la visión de mundo y el conocimiento de la cultura mapuche con las matemáticas.
Biodiversidad es un término que se inventó uniendo dos palabras, biología y diversidad, con el fin de describir y explicar la cantidad y variedad de organismos vivos que habitan en nuestro planeta.
Esta obra de caracteres naturalistas, históricos y artísticos es una contribución a la literatura especializada, la cual es complementada con una colección de ilustraciones botánicas del siglo xix de valor histórico que no se había divulgado en nuestro país hasta ahora.
A concise, beginner-friendly introduction to quantum field theoryQuantum field theory is a powerful framework that extends quantum mechanics in ways that are essential in many modern applications.
Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pioneering work of intellectual history that transformed our understanding of the relationship between Christian theology and the development of science.
The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy the pieces collected here.
From two of the world's leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without peopleWhat would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared?
A practical guide to making good decisions in a world of missing dataIn the era of big data, it is easy to imagine that we have all the information we need to make good decisions.
The genesis of the digital idea and why it transformed civilizationA few short decades ago, we were informed by the smooth signals of analog television and radio; we communicated using our analog telephones; and we even computed with analog computers.
Although insect endocrinology is one of the oldest and most active branches of insect physiology, its classic general texts are long out of date, while its abundant primary literature provides little biological context in which to make sense of the discipline as a whole.
Unifying Biology offers a historical reconstruction of one of the most important yet elusive episodes in the history of modern science: the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s.
Every existence has its pulse points,"e; writes Ted Leeson in this latest book, "e;those places where life rises somehow closer to the surface and makes itself more keenly felt.
Discover the Wisdom of the Ascended Masters in the 21st Century Embark on a journey of spiritual discovery with the illustrated and updated edition of Unveiled Mysteries, a timeless work that has inspired generations of spiritual seekers since its first publication in 1934.
The value of the critical temperature (Tc), below which the thermal explosion of a chemical cannot occur, is indispensable to prevent such a chemical from exploding.
A single source of authoritative information on all aspects of the practice of modern liquid chromatography suitable for advanced students and professionals working in a laboratory or managerial capacity- Chapters written by authoritative and visionary experts in the field provide an overview and focused treatment of a single topic- Comprehensive coverage of modern liquid chromatography from theory, to methods, to selected applications- Thorough selected references and tables with commonly used data to facilitate research, practical work, comparison of results, and decision making- Extensive original tables and figures, placing recent research developments into a general context- Worked examples, intuitive explanations, and clear figures reinforce learning
Recent research into the anatomy and pathophysiology of the blood-brain and blood-spinal cord barriers suggests that a breakdown in these barriers can result in several diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS).
This volume, number 23 in the "e;Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry"e; series, presents organolithium chemistry from the perspective of a synthetic organic chemist, drawing from the synthetic literature to present a unified overview of how organolithiums can be used to make molecules.