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En este libro, el lector hallará las respuestas que da la ciencia a algunos de los enigmas, leyendas, mitos y misterios que han acompañado a los pueblos durante generaciones. Pero también topará con fabulosas historias de biología, medicina, microbiología, zoología, psiquiatría y de otras muchas áreas científicas que han intervenido para resolver los galimatías y decolorarlos hasta dejarlos diáfanos.

300 vérités...Vraiment ? - Un livre qui combat les idées reçues qui va vous surprendre ! - Sciences, géographie, animaux, histoire... tous les sujets sont abordés - Des réponses courtes et argumentées Vous êtes sûr ? Vraiment sûr ? La lumière attire les moustiques. Manger du chocolat permet de garder le moral. L'ulcère à l'estomac est causé par le stress. Molière est mort sur scène. Le miel est plus sain que le sucre...Êtes-vous vraiment certain que toutes ces vérités ne sont pas de grossières idées reçues ? Pas de panique ! Lydia Mammar est là pour vous aider à remettre les choses en place.

Charles Darwin invirtió más de dos décadas en escribir El origen de las especies, la obra que marcó uno de los puntos de inflexión más importantes del pensamiento científico. A lo largo de este libro, Darwin expone su teoría de la selección natural y defiende que las especies no fueron creadas por una mano divina, sino que primero existieron unas formas más simples que a lo largo del tiempo fueron mutando y evolucionando para adaptarse al medio.

When the Smithsonian’s Hall of Physical Anthropology opened in 1965 it featured 160 Andean skulls affixed to a wall to visualize how the world’s human population had exploded since the birth of Christ. Through a history of Inca mummies, a preHispanic surgery called trepanation, and Andean crania like these, Empires of the Dead explains how “ancient Peruvians” became the single largest population in the Smithsonian and many other museums in Peru, the Americas, and beyond.

Do aclamado autor do best-seller O andar do bêbado, um retrato íntimo e inspirador de Stephen Hawking — o homem, o amigo e o físico. Recordando quase duas décadas como colaborador e amigo de Stephen Hawking, o físico e autor best-seller Leonard Mlodinow retrata aqui, de uma forma singular e profundamente pessoal, um ser humano fora de qualquer expectativa.

Mit Harald Lesch die Milchstraße entdecken. Unser kosmisches Zuhause ist die Milchstraße, eine Galaxie, die aus vielen Milliarden Sternen, zahllosen Planetensystemen und Gasnebeln besteht. Seit Langem schon haben Forscher versucht herauszufinden, was dieses auffällige Band am Nachthimmel eigentlich ist, wie die Milchstraße entstand und wie sie sich entwickelt hat. Es dauerte bis zum Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, bis der Astronom Edwin Hubble die bahnbrechende Entdeckung machte, dass die Milchstraße nicht die einzige Galaxie im Universum ist.

A ciência vem sendo maltratada. Negacionismo, achismos, falta de investimento: ela tem precisado lutar pelo que antes era óbvio, pois vivemos em um momento em que fatos inquestionáveis são...questionados. Os prejuízos desse desapego pela ciência são sentidos duramente nos dias atuais e amplificados pelas redes sociais. Que remédio há para esses males?

Reason has done much of the heavy lifting throughout history. In this second volume, this book presents quotations from many of history's key figures who both recognize the importance—and also the limitations—of reason.

Tim Koeth peered into the crumpled brown paper bag; inside was a surprisingly heavy black metal cube. He recognized the mysterious object instantly—he had one just like it sitting on his desk at home. It was uranium metal, taken from the nuclear reactor that Nazi scientists had tried—and failed—to build at the end of World War II. This unexpected gift, wrapped in a piece of paper inscribed with a few cryptic but crucial lines, would launch Koeth, a nuclear physicist and professor, and his colleague Miriam Hiebert, a cultural heritage scientist, on an odyssey to trace the tale of these cubes.

In Scientific Americans, Susan Branson explores the place of science and technology in American efforts to achieve cultural independence from Europe and America's nation building in the early republic and antebellum eras. This engaging tour of scientific education and practices among ordinary citizens charts the development of nationalism and national identity alongside roads, rails, and machines.

Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much broader range of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States that affected everything from military technology to successfully launching satellites that could land on Mars or orbit other planets in the Solar System.

Il fuoco, i vestiti, le armi; il cibo, l’alcol, la scrittura; la medicina, la ruota, le nuove terre. Quella dell’umanità è una storia avventurosa, costellata di snodi fondamentali, piccole e grandi scoperte o invenzioni che hanno cambiato per sempre la nostra civiltà e l’ambiente intorno a noi e ci hanno trasformato da ominidi pelosi ma ingegnosi in esseri umani dotati di humour e gusti raffinati (e chissà se è stato un bene).

Alles passiert irgendwann zum ersten Mal. Oft ist dieses erste Mal eine mutige Idee, manchmal aber auch ein schräger Zufall oder das Ergebnis jahrelanger Forschung. Sicher ist, ohne diesen einen Moment sähe unser Alltag heute völlig anders aus. Wir würden zum Beispiel anders frühstücken, andere Musik hören oder anders verhüten. Wir hätten wahrscheinlich keine Impfstoffe und weniger Urlaubstage, unsere Drucker würden nicht funktionieren, das Essen würde anders schmecken – von all den medizinischen Entwicklungen ganz zu schweigen.

Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions, proving that Newtonian mechanics rather than the will of the gods brought comets into our celestial neighborhood. Despite this scientific advance, when Halley's Comet returned in 1910, newspapers gleefully provoked a global hysteria that unfolded with tragic consequences. Richard J. Goodrich examines the 1910 appearance of Halley's Comet and the ensuing frenzy sparked by media manipulation, bogus science, and outright deception.

Com'è cominciata la vita? Come si è evoluta per arrivare fino a noi? Come e perché è stata ricreata in laboratorio? La si può rendere immortale? Sono domande che non possiamo non farci. E a cui la scienza continua a dare risposte nuove e sorprendenti. Nel giro di pochi anni è cambiato tutto; oggi non solo il Dna si può estrarre e sequenziare con risultati assai affidabili ma questi studi aprono prospettive inimmaginabili.

Since the beginning of time, science has shaped human history, culture and daily life. Learn about fascinating stories like how dreams changed the world of science, the origins of tattoo culture, how early civilizations supplied their drinking water and more in this curated collection from Seeker.

Da sempre misuriamo il mondo. Per conoscerlo ed esplorarlo, per viverci, per interagire con i nostri simili. L'umanità misura per conoscere il passato, comprendere il presente, progettare il futuro. Ci sono voluti però millenni perché due rivoluzioni, quella scientifica iniziata con Galileo e quella francese, avviassero il percorso per rendere il sistema di misura condiviso e non più basato su deperibili artefatti umani, ma su elementi invariabili e universali della natura.

In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperiled if we veer off course. For the vast majority of its 4.54 billion years...

In 1997, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory found a small leak of radioactive water near their research reactor. Brookhaven was—and is—a world-class lab, and its reactor was the cornerstone of US materials science. But its discovery triggered a media and political firestorm that resulted in the reactor's shutdown, and even attempts to close the entire laboratory. A quarter century later, the episode reveals the dynamics of today's controversies in which fears and the dismissal of science disrupt serious discussion and research of vital issues.

Johns Hopkins University, one of the preeminent medical schools in the nation today, has played a unique role in the history of medicine. When it first opened its doors in 1893, medicine was a rough-and-ready trade. It would soon evolve into a rigorous science. In recent years, medical science has mapped the human genome, deployed robotic tools to perform delicate surgeries, and developed effective vaccines against a host of deadly pathogens. But this transformation could not have happened without the game-changing vision, talent, and dedication of a small cadre of individuals.