La consciencia humana

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"The Higgs boson ... is the key to understanding why mass exists and how atoms are possible. After billions of dollars and decades of effort by more than six thousand researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland--a doorway is opening into the mind-boggling world of dark matter and beyond. Caltech physicist and acclaimed writer Sean Carroll explains both the importance of the Higgs boson and the ultimately human story behind the greatest scientific achievement of our time"--Publisher.

El tomate, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill, es la hortaliza más importante para el planeta. Constituye el 30% de la producción hortícola, con aproximadamente cuatro millones de hectáreas sembradas y 107'972.098 toneladas de frutos cosechados en 2002 (FAO, 2003). En Colombia se cultivan variedades tipo "chonto" y "milano" correspondiendo al 80 y 20% de la producción nacional respectivamente (Vallejo, 1999). El cultivo de tomate en Colombia presenta problemas como bajo rendimiento y calidad, alta susceptibilidad a insectos plaga, enfermedades y condiciones adversas de clima y suelo, y altos...

Este texto estudia las propiedades de los materiales, utilizando el método de la teoría molecular. En muchos casos el desarrollo del tema se hará desde el punto de vista microscópico, pero concentrándose en demostrar cómo pueden explicarse los resultados obtenidos macroscópicamente.