El legado de van der Waals

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Nuestro universo parece extrañamente "biofílico", es decir, idóneo para el desarrollo de la vida. ¿Es casualidad, providencia o coincidencia? Según el cosmólogo Martin Rees, la respuesta depende de la que demos a otra pregunta, la que dejó implícita Einstein en su famosa observación: "Lo que más me interesa es si Dios pudo haber hecho el mundo de una manera distinta". Este libro cautivador explora las fascinantes consecuencias que se derivarían de que la respuesta fuera afirmativa. Rees plantea la hipótesis de que nuestro universo puede ser sólo parte de un extenso "multiverso",...

Written by world experts in the foundations of quantum mechanics and its applications to social science, this book shows how elementary quantum mechanical principles can be applied to decision-making paradoxes in psychology and used in modelling information in finance and economics. The book starts with a thorough overview of some of the salient differences between classical, statistical and quantum mechanics. It presents arguments on why quantum mechanics can be applied outside of physics and defines quantum social science. The issue of the existence of quantum probabilistic effects in...

Presented in chronological order, this book teaches readers about the greatest accomplishments and discoveries of science from the Ancient Greeks to the present. They include geometry, vaccinations, the periodic table, the theory of relativity, Teflon, nano-technology, and much more.