Ciencia, anticiencia y sus alrededores [Science, Antiscience and Its Surroundings]
Ensayos para alimentar la curiosidad [Essays to Fuel Curiosity]
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Pedro De Tavira
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El conocimiento científico no es un tesoro reservado a personas con inteligencias superiores, sino algo a lo que cualquiera con sentido común puede acceder.
Para demostrarlo, aquí se reunen algunas de las inquietudes de Fedro Carlos Guillén, científico y escritor, cuya intención es compartir su curiosidad con los lectores de una manera fresca y personal.
Cada artículo es abordado con un estilo jovial y a veces irónico. Al tiempo que nos informa sobre los avances y algunas ideas curiosas de los procesos científicos, toma la palabra para pronunciarse sobre temas polémicos, invitando al lector a formar su propia opinión. Los hechos y posibilidades de la genética, los retos de la inteligencia artificial, la urgencia del cambio climático, el problema de las seudociencias, el éxito de los suicidas, la biología del amor y el sexo entre quienes dicen practicar el celibato, así como los aciertos y desaciertos de la propia ciencia, son algunos de ellos.
Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2018 Fedro Carlos Guillén (P)2022 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial S.A. de C.V.Listeners also enjoyed...
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