Títulos em Ciências e Engenharia

In virtually all fields of human endeavor, Classical Athens was so much at the forefront of dynamism and innovation that the products of its most brilliant minds remain not only influential but still relevant to this day. To the ancient Greeks, the cosmos was ordered and harmonious. Consequently, reason and intellect were considered the architects of all art and craftsmanship. The absolute perfection of form was sought in everything and the Greek passion for simplicity, elegance, harmony, and beauty is to be found everywhere, particularly in architecture.

You are cosmically insignificant. You've heard it a thousand times. A pale blue dot. A speck of dust in an infinite void. A brief flicker between two eternities of darkness. This book says: that's wrong. Not sentimentally wrong. Mathematically wrong. Using rigorous information theory, fixed-point mathematics, and the concept of effective complexity developed by Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, The Tiny Giants demonstrates that observers—biological and artificial—contribute a staggering share of the universe's meaningful structure.

Over five million years ago, a group of primates discovered tools. Perhaps it was a large rock, ideal for cracking nuts, or a stick to extract honey from a beehive. Regardless, the future of our planet was changed forever. Slowly, the primate evolved, abandoning the trees for solid ground and four legs for two–and the tools changed with it. Stones were sharpened, then attached to sticks, before stone gave way to bronze, iron, steel.

California isn’t just a land of sunshine and scenic beauty—it’s a frontline for natural disasters. Survive the Season: California is your year-round preparedness guide for the three biggest threats to life, property, and peace of mind: wildfires, droughts, and floods. Written in clear, practical language, this book walks you through every stage of survival and recovery. Whether you're dealing with an encroaching wildfire, conserving water in a drought-prone community, or preparing for flash floods and atmospheric rivers, this guide has you covered.

An atmospheric memoir of the season of change from the no. 1 bestselling novelist Kate Mosse 'When the leaves turn to copper and there is dew on the grass in the early morning, I still have that same spike of expectation and anticipation' In Autumn, Kate Mosse celebrates the season of shifting...

You're memorizing 206 bones, 600 muscles, and eleven organ systems — and that's just A&P I. Then A&P II hits with neurophysiology, cardiac cycles, renal filtration, and reproductive hormones, and everything from last semester starts slipping away. Most textbooks overwhelm you with massive chapters that make it impossible to know what matters. The Anatomy and Physiology Made Easy Bundle changes that. Two books, one proven system — built on neuroscience, designed for retention, structured to master both foundational and advanced A&P content tested on HESI, TEAS, NCLEX, and nursing school exams.

The Origin of Humanity: Evolution and Beyond is a wide-ranging philosophical and scientific exploration of how humanity emerged and what that emergence reveals about the nature of existence. Drawing on evolutionary biology, anthropology, neuroscience, cosmology, and philosophy, this book presents a unified vision of the human story as both a biological process and an existential event.

Anatomy & Physiology II Made Easy continues the proven 3-step system built on brain science that helps you learn faster, remember longer, and actually understand what’s happening inside the body — not just memorize it.

John Hanson Mitchell has long written about his garden outside of Boston, and about the plants and animals with whom he shares this land. In 2022, the United Nations and others started reporting the true severity of the climate crisis as the Earth passed a point of no return. All across the globe it was the worst year on record for climate-related disasters. Mitchell, like so many, felt overwhelmed. He looked to the story of Voltaire's Candide, and settled on the famous aphorism from that book: "We must cultivate our garden."

El filósofo Pedro Insua explora con ideas y datos la desconocida línea salmantina que va desde los descubrimientos náuticos de Colón a los debates morales de Francisco de Vitoria sobre la licitud de la conquista de América. La ciudad castellana se elevó como el faro moral e ideológico para un imperio que domesticó océanos e hizo suyo todo un continente. Los sabios congregados en torno a Salamanca sentaron las bases de la astronomía moderna, la física, el derecho internacional y hasta la economía.

En su nuevo libro, la doctora Giulia Enders despliega su talento incomparable para redescubrir qué significa realmente «escuchar al cuerpo». Apoyándose en los últimos descubrimientos científicos, explora el papel de los pulmones, de la piel, del sistema inmunitario, de los músculos y del cerebro, los cinco pilares esenciales para que nuestro organismo funcione perfectamente. Nos recuerda que no somos máquinas ni algoritmos, sino seres vivos definidos por los lazos de dependencia que nos unen al entorno.

The challenge for most who are wrestling with whether to give a vaccine is a lack of understanding about what information they really need to make an informed decision. Written by a pediatrician who witnessed the difference over decades in the health outcomes of the vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated children in his practice, Vax Facts will enlighten parents and guardians and provide the information needed for informed consent.

Since that first visit to Chile, I have returned to Latin America dozens of times. I have walked through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and the tech hubs of São Paulo. I have shared mate with entrepreneurs in Buenos Aires cafés and interviewed farmers using precision agriculture in rural Colombia. I have witnessed political protests in Santiago and celebrated startup victories in Mexico City. Each experience deepened my conviction that Latin America stands on the precipice of something extraordinary.

Brought to you by Penguin. What should the next generation learn—and what should they stop worrying about—in a world transformed by artificial intelligence? AI is rewriting the rules in the classroom, the job market and the workplace, leaving parents, teachers, students and all types of...

More than a hundred salt lakes dot Earth's surface, most of them hidden away in remote desert valleys. But today nearly all of them are at risk of drying up. Their death is a harbinger of rising sea levels, life-threatening dust storms, and environmental collapse. Writer and geographer Caroline Tracey didn't know this when she began crossing paths with salt lakes during her early twenties. From the Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea, across the American West and around the world, the unusual beauty of these shimmering, uncanny bodies of water captured her imagination.

Dopo aver contribuito notevolmente a rivoluzionare il mondo fisico che ci circonda, Federico Faggin ha deciso di andare oltre la materia, oltre il visibile e l'invisibile, e di indagare la fisica dell'ineffabile. Oltre l'invisibile è un libro dirompente, coraggioso, profondissimo eppure straordinariamente chiaro, che propone un nuovo sguardo sulle cose, una nuova affascinante teoria della realtà.

In Mastering Farming Tools and Techniques, you'll discover how to choose and use the right sustainable agriculture tools to optimize every aspect of your farm’s operations. From soil preparation and irrigation systems to crop management and harvesting, this guide covers it all with a clear, practical approach that’s easy to follow. You’ll learn how to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and ensure long-term farm sustainability by embracing farm management best practices that make a real difference.

When the government recently tried to abandon its responsibility to protect what little remains of the natural prairie, Trevor Herriot pushed back, only to discover an injustice haunting the lands he was trying to defend. In 1938, when the Métis of Ste. Madeleine returned from working away, they found their homes burnt to the ground and their animals shot. The land they held in common was no longer theirs, but was now controlled by the federal government.

All of us have lurking in our DNA a most remarkable gene, which has a crucial job – it protects us from cancer. Known simply as p53, this gene constantly scans our cells to ensure that they grow and divide without mishap. If a cell makes a mistake in copying its DNA during the process of division, p53 stops it in its tracks, summoning a repair team before allowing the cell to carry on dividing. If the mistake is irreparable and the rogue cell threatens to grow out of control, p53 commands the cell to commit suicide.

Ice is far more than frozen water—it is a force that shapes planets, preserves history, and hides some of nature’s strangest secrets. Hidden World of Ice takes you on a fascinating journey through the frozen corners of our world, uncovering the science, history, and bizarre wonders locked inside ice. From ancient glaciers that store Earth’s climate memory to the strange physics that makes ice behave unlike any other solid, this book reveals why frozen water is one of nature’s greatest mysteries.