Durante más de un siglo, los orígenes y la expansión de la vida en la Tierra han permanecido envueltos en un halo de misterio. En Vida y cosmos , Mario Livio y Jack Szostak nos muestran cómo nuevos descubrimientos y tecnolog&ia...
Este libro no es una biografía más de Galileo. Es una nueva interpretación de uno de los científicos más importantes de la historia, una concisa a la vez que rigurosa reconstrucción de la contribución intel...
Un recorrido accesible para entender nuestro deseo innato de preguntarnos «¿por qué?» y de qué forma la curiosidad ha sido el motor del progreso y la naturaleza humana.
Un clásico de la ciencia para el público no especializado que ahonda en los misterios de la relación matemática más famosa de todos los tiempos. Desde matemáticos y científicos hasta filósofos y arti...
Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics--curiosity--as he explores our innate desire to know why .
An âintriguing and accessibleâ ( Publishers Weekly ) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of historyâs greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries...
Drawing on the lives of five great scientists, this âscholarly, insightful, and beautifully written bookâ (Martin Rees, author of From Here to Infinity ) illuminates the path to scientific discovery.
This collection of papers from the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium on massive stars addresses the many aspects of astrophysics in which these stars play an important role. Review papers are presented from both observational and theoretical...
What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by the laws of symmetry, which elegantly unify scientific and artistic principles. Yet the mathematical...
Observational and theoretical issues of interacting binaries was the topic of the 22nd of the renowned Advanced Course of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy. The three contributions by outstanding experts collected in this book deal with...