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Contemplar los cielos estrellados del verano invita a soñar despierto y a maravillarse, pero observarlos con precisión en todas las estaciones es una forma de tomar conciencia -en el verdadero sentido de la palabra- de los mundos que nos rodean: cúmulos estelares, nebulosas, galaxias, planetas... y de disfrutar del placer de descubrirlos y ponerles nombre. Observar el cielo es una actividad sencilla, basta con unos buenos prismáticos o un pequeño...
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On July 4, 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva madehistory when they discovered an entirely new type of subatomic particle that many scientists believe is the Higgs boson. For forty years, physicists searched for this capstone to the Standard Model of particle physics-the theory that describes both the most elementary components that are known in matter and the forces through which they interact. This particle points to the Higgs...
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The brilliant German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one of the founders of modern astronomy, revolutionized the Copernican heliocentric theory of the universe with his three laws of motion: that the planets move not in circular but elliptical orbits, that their speed is greatest when nearest the sun, and that the sun and planets form an integrated system. This volume contains two of his most important works: The Epitome of Copernican Astronomy...
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This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than two-hundred breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science behind some of our cosmic neighborhood's most extraordinary phenomena. Images of newly discovered areas of Jupiter, fiery volcanoes on Venus, and many more reveal the astronomical marvels of space in engrossing detail. Anyone with an interest...
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