Pensamiento en red

El orden, así como la filosofía de presentación de las materias en este texto merece alguna explicación. Un problema inmediato es el que proviene de la presencia de dos aspectos de la Química física moderna. Un aspecto es macroscópico y fenomenológico por naturaleza; éste es ilustrado mediante temas de Termodinámica, equilibrios de fase y Electroquímica. El segundo aspecto es molecular y teórico, desarrollado mediante Termodinámica estadística y Mecánica ondulatoria.

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.

Written by one of the leading authorities in the field, this is one of the first book's to describe one of today's most important problems in cosmology - the formation of galaxies. The book tackles this great puzzle by discusses the beginnings of the process from cosmological observations and calculations, considers the broad features of galaxies that we need to explain and what we know of their later history. The author compares the competing theories for galaxy formation and considers the progress expected from new generations of powerful telescopes both on earth and in space. An intriguing ...

Biographies and bibliographies of members are included in many of the volumes. Lists of members are usually given on covers of the numbers.