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Everyone has questions about our universe: How hot is Venus? Can you distinguish between a pulsar and a quasar? Is there a universe or a multiverse? Where do we fit into the infinitely grand scheme of things? How do we map the Cosmic Microwave Background? Most tantalizing of all: Is there anyone out there? This small volume encapsulates the terrifying hugeness of the cosmos into bite-sized particles that mere earthlings can understand. It takes you on a cosmic tour, shedding light on the most awesome of objects and places and explaining some very big ideas, concepts, and discoveries. It also...

Este libro pertenece a una colección de materiales didácticos desarrollada con el respaldo del Programa de Apoyo a Proyectos para la Innovación y el Mejoramiento de la Enseñanza para apoyar la enseñanza de las asignaturas de la Suárea de Ingeniería de la Carrera de Ingeniería Química Metalúrgica.

In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place―in constant chemical flux, covered with churning seas, crafting its landscape through incessant volcanic eruptions. Amid all this tumult and disaster, life began. The earliest living things were no more than membranes stretched across microscopic gaps in rocks, where boiling hot jets of mineral-rich water gushed out from cracks in the ocean floor. Although these membranes were leaky, the environment within them became different from the raging maelstrom beyond. These havens of order slowly refined the generation of energy, using it to...

Este libro está pensado como primera parte de un curso moderno de Física de los sólidos. Ha sido escrito a partir de los apuntes de las explicaciones dadas por el autor en el primer semestre, de una serie de tres, sobre sólidos, ofrecidas por el Departamento de Física de la Universidad de Illinois.