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José Celestino Mutis and Newtonianism in New Granada, 1762–1808
This book presents the process of circulation and adoption of Newtonianism in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Colombia) in the eighteenth century by examining José Celestino Mutis’s lectures at the Colegio del Rosario between the 1760s and 1770s. Mostly famous for his botanical activities as director of the botanical expedition, Mutis lectured the first course of mathematics ever created in New Granada on his arrival in Bogota in 1762, in which he included several lectures on physics that encompassed multiple aspects of his interpretation of Newton’s experimental physics.
A Cultural History of Mathematics
"Numeracy has shaped human history as much as literacy: mathematics has enabled us to measure the cosmos, control the Earth, and create all technological change. A Cultural History of Mathematics presents the first comprehensive and global history from antiquity to today. Themes (and chapter titles) are: everyday numeracy; practice & profession; inventing mathematics; mathematics & worldviews; describing & understanding the world; mathematics & technological change; representing mathematics"--
Estudios Caldacianos Ciencia y nación
El libro Estudios caldasianos: Ciencia y nación. A 250 años del natalicio de Francisco José de Caldas es la principal memoria de las actividades académicas e investigativas adelantadas durante el 2018 para celebrar los 250 años del natalicio de Francisco José de Caldas (1768-2018), que fueron coordinadas por la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, y apoyadas por el Ministerio de Cultura y Colciencias. El libro contiene quince artículos, que son resultado de investigaciones juiciosas realizadas por prestigiosos académicos nacionales y extranjeros, en torno a la vida y obra científica de Caldas y su tiempo. Las principales ideas y novedades de estas investiga...
Cartografías del pensamiento filosófico
Cartografías del pensamiento filosófico reúne la entonación de diferentes voces y estilos de pensamiento como respuesta al eco de algunas preguntas filosóficas todavía vibrantes. El libro está compuesto por una selección de escritos que ejemplifican el quehacer mismo de la filosofía, a través de un recorrido por diferentes debates filosóficos planteados en la Antigüedad, el Medioevo, la Edad Moderna y los tiempos actuales. Recoge una pluralidad de temas, enfoques y metodologías filosóficas que aproximan a los lectores a las ciénagas teóricas y prácticas de la metafísica, la epistemología, la mente, el lenguaje, la hermenéutica, la fenomenología, la estética, la ética, ...
Il bosco
Attraverso i secoli il bosco appare come una metafora del pianeta terra: è fonte di risorse apparentemente inesauribili per la vita delle specie animali e vegetali e l’azione dell’uomo ne ha profondamente modificato le caratteristiche. Dai tempi più remoti ad oggi, il bosco ha avuto un’influenza sulla cultura e l’immaginario collettivo, ha favorito complesse organizzazioni sociali, con le loro normative, e intorno a esso sono fiorite elaborazioni letterarie e raffinate costruzioni linguistiche. Questo libro indaga molti di questi aspetti, ma si pone anche nella prospettiva di restituire qualcosa: esplorare il bosco nel passato significa oggi cercare di offrire creativamente un contributo ad una sua rigenerazione nel tempo presente.
El interés público en América Latina
El derecho se entiende hoy como una herramienta idónea para producir cambios en las sociedades y atender las necesidades y desafíos modernos, lo cual era casi impensable hace algunos años; se concibe como un medio para formar profesionales, pero, ante todo, abogados que son conscientes de su rol transformador en un contexto social con amplias necesidades. Por ello, la preocupación actual de las universidades y organizaciones sociales en el mundo, es formar líderes propositivos, apropiados de su papel como ciudadanos, con gran sentido social y de pertenencia, con destacadas habilidades para incidir en la formación de leyes, sentencias y políticas públicas, y resolver problemas cotidia...
Perspectives on Supersymmetry II
Supersymmetry is at an exciting stage of development. It extends the Standard Model of particle physics into a more powerful theory that both explains more and allows more questions to be addressed. Most importantly, it opens a window for studying and testing fundamental theories at the Planck scale. Experimentally we are finally entering the intensity and energy and sensitivity regions where superpartners and supersymmetric dark matter candidates are likely to be detected, and then studied. There has been progress in understanding the remarkable physics implications of supersymmetry, including the derivation of the Higgs mechanism, the unification of the Standard Model forces, cosmological ...
Discovery and Classification in Astronomy
Astronomical discovery involves more than detecting something previously unseen. The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006, and the controversy it generated, shows that discovery is a complex and ongoing process – one comprising various stages of research, interpretation and understanding. Ranging from Galileo's observation of Jupiter's satellites, Saturn's rings and star clusters, to Herschel's nebulae and the modern discovery of quasars and pulsars, Steven J. Dick's comprehensive history identifies the concept of 'extended discovery' as the engine of progress in astronomy. The text traces more than 400 years of telescopic observation, exploring how the signal discoveries of new astronomical objects relate to and inform one another, and why controversies such as Pluto's reclassification are commonplace in the field. The volume is complete with a detailed classification system for known classes of astronomical objects, offering students, researchers and amateur observers a valuable reference and guide.
Medellín: environment urbanism society
In recent times what has become known as "the case of Medellín " has generated a growing interest in the international community. These urban transformation that Medellín has experimented have become a focus of attention and reference for experts in many fields, around the world. The book ́Medellin: Environment, Urbanism and Society ́, that now published the Center for Urban and Environmental Studies, Urbam, of EAFIT University is a testimony of the value given by our culture to the accomplishments of the city, to the idea of the public sphere and the growing relationship between the technical sphere and the political sphere, understood in the broad sense as a form of disciplinary knowle...
