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The accessible style and language of this book mean that a greater understanding of the fundamentals of quantum mechanics is available to all readers, regardless of their familiarity with the topic. Explaining principles, theories, interpretations, and experiments with anecdotes, examples, and cross references, this book makes them more understandable, and more importantly, entertaining. Among the concepts discussed are black holes, Schrödinger’s cat, and the Higgs boson. El estilo y lenguaje accesible de este libro significan que una mayor comprensión de los fundamentos de la mecánica...

"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.

Charles Darwin stands as a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought in establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. These letters offer a fascinating window onto his daily experience, scientific observations, personal concerns and friendships, affording a unique glimpse of Darwin as both naturalist and family man. From his early years at Edinburgh University up to the publication of The Origin of Species in 1859, the letters in this volume chart the most exciting years of Darwin's life, including the voyage of the Beagle and the subsequent...

Biología para bachilleratos tecnológicos se desarrolló conforme al programa de estudio actualizado, atendiendo los propósitos referentes al campo disciplinar de Ciencias experimentales y el enfoque por competencias. Este libro se organizó en tres ejes, promueve la transversalidad y contribuye al desarrollo de las competencias genéricas y disciplinares que corresponden a la asignatura de Biología. Las diferentes actividades propuestas favorecen que el estudiante resuelva problemas relacionados con su vida cotidiana, tome decisiones haciendo un análisis crítico y reflexivo, desarrolle...