El poder de la ciencia

El poder de la ciencia

Author: José Manuel Sánchez Ron

Publisher: Grupo Planeta (GBS)

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 1090

ISBN-13: 9788484327585

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La historia de la ciencia es rica en épocas esplendorosas. Una de ellas corresponde a los siglos XIX y XX. Los descubrimientos y desarrollos que se realizaron entonces en la física, la química, la matemática, las ciencias naturales, la biología y la medicina conmovieron el mundo, cambiándolo radicalmente. Fue entonces, en las centurias de los Darwin, Lyell, Mendel, Faraday, Maxwell, Pasteur, Koch, Riemann, Cajal, Planck, Einstein, Gödel, Turing, Heisenberg, Watson y Crick, en los siglos de la química orgánica, las teorías de la evolución de las especies y la que explicaba algunas enfermedades en base a microorganismos, la relatividad y la física cuántica, el transistor y las computadoras, la expansión del universo, la doble hélice y el ADN recombinante, cuando la ciencia se profesionalizó y penetró en las estructuras del poder político, económico, militar y social. Este libro, cuya primera edición apareció en 1992 y que ahora ve la luz sustancialmente ampliado tanto en extensión como en los ámbitos que estudia (de la física en la primera edición a todas las ciencias ahora, incluyendo lo que sucedió en España), analiza, por un lado, el propio poder de la ciencia para cambiar no sólo nuestras ideas sobre el mundo, sino a éste mismo, y por otro las complejas relaciones entre la ciencia y los científicos y el poder político y económico. Es una obra única, tanto por todo lo que trata como por cómo lo trata, pero también una obra necesaria, cuya lectura permitirá a sus lectores comprender mejor el mundo en el que viven, un mundo en el que la ciencia y la tecnología penetran en nuestras vidas en medidas que jamás habrían soñado nuestros antepasados.


The Science of Being Great

The Science of Being Great

Author: Wallace Wattles

Publisher: Marc Stewart

Published: 2014-09-25

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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How To Enjoy The Poetry Of The Science of Being Great I WANT YOU TO FIND IT SO INTERESTING THAT YOU BUY THE BOOK TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE! How it goes with you! The more your encounter with The Science of Being Great the more it deepens, the more your experience of your own life will deepen, and you will begin to see things by means of words and words by means of things. You will come to understand the world as it interacts with words, as it can be re-created by words, by rhythms and by images presented in this book. You'll understand that its wisdom is one charged with vital possibilities. You will pick up meaning more quickly . . . and you will create meaning too, for yourself and others. Connections between things will exist for you in many ways that never did before. They will shine with unexpectedness. wide-openness and you will go toward them, on your own path. “Then . . . “ as Dante says, “. . . Then will your feet be filled with good desire.” You will know this is happening the first time you say, of something you never would have noticed before. “Well, would you look at that! Who'd'a thunk it?” (Pause, full of new light) “I thunk it!” And so it will be with Wattle's “The Science of Being Great!” As edited by Marc Stewart.


Science and Power

Science and Power

Author: Federico Mayor

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Science is the most powerful tool of the twentieth century, but is its influence properly harnessed? As physicists explore the fundamental nature of matter and molecular biologists uncover the very nature of life, many people feel threatened. Can human beings retain their dignity and freedom in the fact of such great powers for good or evil? This book examines the often-difficult relationship between scientists and those who govern them, and looks at the history of this relationship, where it stands today, and what needs to be done to ensure that science is used in the future for the greatest good of the greatest number.


The Science of the Mind

The Science of the Mind

Author: Ernest Holmes

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2007-06-01

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1602066868

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First published in 1926, this book is the most important writing from preacher Ernest Shurtleff Holmes. In it, he strives to introduce man to himself, as he truly is. Man is part of the Infinite Spirit, as is all of the visible and invisible in existence. And sharing in the creative power of the Infinite, man becomes able to make thought manifest, as is the case with illness. Holmes explains how the mind controls illness in the body and how changing one's mental state can be healing. In this volume, Holmes gives readers a complete course in Mental Science, so that they may come to understand the power and potential that exists within. Anyone looking for a new way to understand the world and their place in it will find this an empowering read.


Technology, Literature, and Digital Culture in Latin America

Technology, Literature, and Digital Culture in Latin America

Author: Matthew Bush

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-07-16

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1317548965

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Grappling with the contemporary Latin American literary climate and its relationship to the pervasive technologies that shape global society, this book visits Latin American literature, technology, and digital culture from the post-boom era to the present day. The volume examines literature in dialogue with the newest media, including videogames, blogs, electronic literature, and social networking sites, as well as older forms of technology, such as film, photography, television, and music. Together, the essays interrogate how the global networked subject has affected local political and cultural concerns in Latin America. They show that this subject reflects an affective mode of knowledge that can transform the way scholars understand the effects of reading and spectatorship on the production of political communities. The collection thus addresses a series of issues crucial to current and future discussions of literature and culture in Latin America: how literary, visual, and digital artists make technology a formal element of their work; how technology, from photographs to blogs, is represented in text, and the ramifications of that presence; how new media alters the material circulation of culture in Latin America; how readership changes in a globalized electronic landscape; and how critical approaches to the convergences, boundaries, and protocols of new media might transform our understanding of the literature and culture produced or received in Latin America today and in the future.


The Role of Information Professionals in the Knowledge Economy

The Role of Information Professionals in the Knowledge Economy

Author: Javier Tarango

Publisher: Chandos Publishing

Published: 2017-05-16

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 0128112239

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The Role of Information Professionals in the Knowledge Economy: Skills, Experiences, Practices and Strategies presents the tools that are necessary for the acquisition and development of a scientific culture. The work and profile of the information professional is no longer limited to the world of libraries. In countries with developing and peripheral economies that are seeking to reduce dependence on knowledge generated by rich countries it is necessary to develop and foster new professional profiles with high expertise in knowledge generation and management in order to support such paradigm shifts. This comprehensive book presents the case for this paradigm shift and is an ideal resource for information professionals who are interested in new avenues of exploration. - Promotes the idea that an information professional is the right person to offer support in the knowledge economy - Provides guidance on how to provide and develop a scientific culture in an institution - Identifies information competencies that are important for information managers in scientific communication - Redefines the profile of professional information graduates and identifies this new skillset as a job opportunity


Author:

Publisher: IICA

Published:

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13:

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