Ecologia y medio ambiente / Ecology and Environment

In the framework of the 20th International Congress of History of Science (Liege 1997), a symposium was devoted to the historical work of Adolph P. Youschkevitch (1906-1993). The present volume includes the papers read during the symposium as well as contributions on current issues in the history of mathematics: mathematics as a cultural strength, mathematics from antiquity to the classical period, probability theory and its applications, mathematics in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Esta obra en su quinta edición se compone de dos volúmenes, que recogen el conocimiento técnico en todo lo referente a la historia y cultivo del viñedo a nivel mundial, aunque estando especialmente adaptada a la realidad española. Comienza con la historia de la vid y su cultivo en el mundo, describiendo a continuación de forma ordenada y estructurada, la fisiología y organografía de este cultivo, también el clima y suelo como medios de cultivo, siguiendo por la forma de multiplicarla y plantarla, gestionarla en lo referente a las operaciones de cultivo del suelo, poda, manejo de la...

This volume presents the proceedings of a 1986 Advanced Study Institute entitled "Structure/Reactivity and Thermochemistry of Ions", held at Les Arcs, France, June 30 to July 11, 1986. The format of a NATO Institute is ideally suited to in-depth communications between scien tists of diverse backgrounds. Particularly in the field of ion physics and chemistry, where on-going research involves physicists, physical chemists, and organic chemists - who use a variety of experimental and theoretical techniques - it is found that in the relaxed but stimula ting atmosphere of a NATO ASI, each...

Arising from the 2020 Darwin College Lectures, this book presents eight essays from prominent public intellectuals on the theme of Enigmas. Each author examines this theme through the lens of their own particular area of expertise, together constituting an illuminating and diverse interdisciplinary volume. Enigmas features contributions by professor of physics Sean M. Carroll, author Jo Marchant, writer and broadcaster Adam Rutherford, professor of volcanology Tamsin A. Mather, professor of the history of the book Erik Kwakkel, reader in cultural history Tiffany Watt Smith, mathematician and...