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Un innovador ensayo para afrontar el paso de los años con ilusión.Vivimos tiempos de edades difusas: el mundo ha cambiado y las personas mayores de hoy no tienen nada que ver con las de generaciones anteriores. Estamos mas sanos, activos y empoderados, y gracias a los avances medicos y mejores habitos de vida gozamos de unas expectativas de futuro que nos obligan a desmontar ideas preconcebidas y plantearnos, a cualquier edad, ¿Que quieres ser de mayor?.El divulgador cientifico Pere Estupinya nos regala en este maravilloso y revolucionario ensayo ejemplos inspiradores de personas de edad avanzada y los ilustra con enseñanzas de medicos, psicologos, gerontologos, sociologos e investigadores en longevidad para ofrecer una vision renovada de esta nueva, larga y vibrante etapa vital. Combinado con herramientas para que el cuerpo y la mente puedan envejecer mas despacio, para que podamos ser mas libres e incluso para lograr que todos, sin limite de edad, sigamos teniendo un rol participativo en la sociedad, este libro hara que afrontemos la madurez con ilusion y ganas de disfrutarla.Porque la revolucion de la longevidad no es solo biologica o medica, sino tambien psicologica y cultural.Criticas:Rebosante de empirismo cientifico y de datos que llevarnos a nuestras vidas cotidianas. E incluso sobre la felicidad.La Vanguardia (Sobre El ladron de cerebros) Una obra maestra. El mejor trabajo de Pere. Lo tiene todo: entretenido, muy bien escrito y documentado, riguroso, profundo, con anecdotas personales y alguna sorpresa. No volveras a ver el sexo de la misma manera. El sexo visto desde todos los angulos cientificos, y para todos los publicos. Si te gusta el sexo y la ciencia bien contada, te encantara este libro. Obligatorio en cualquier libreria cientifica. Javier Santaolalla (Sobre La ciencia del sexo) Pere Estupinya es un avido de la ciencia que no se queda sentado en su casa viendo documentos y estudios pasar, sino que se sumerge dentro de cada laboratorio, participa activamente en cada investigacion para plasmar todos los entresijos que esconde la sexualidad humana de la que, asegura, es un tema cientificamente apasionante. Beatriz G. Portalatin, El Mundo (Sobre La ciencia del sexo)

It will radically change what you thought about wilderness. CAT JARMANA beautiful, deep and grounded book. ALICE ROBERTS When was Britain last truly wild? And what, if anything, remains? This is the unexpectedly human history of wild Britain. In Wilderlands, archaeologist Eloise Kane unearths 12,000 years of our changing relationship with and influence on the landscape. Through prehistory, Roman occupation, the Middle Ages and beyond, we see the unfamiliar beasts of our old wild make way for species such as brown hare and fallow deer, now romanticised as eternal symbols of the British countryside, but introduced much later than we might think.Places free from our influence havent existed for a very long time. But Eloise Kane invites us to rethink our definition of the wild - not as separate from us. Seen anew as the result of millions of human lives lived, Wilderlands demonstrates how we are integral to the ecology and biodiversity of our land - with the power to shape its future.

In a world of well-stocked supermarkets and florists, why do we garden, even though we dont have to?This was the question that fascinated Hannah Moloney. So she went out and asked. She spoke to politicians, artists, community leaders, activists and thousands of ordinary gardeners. This book explores their answers sometimes surprising, often philosophical, always insightful. Much more than a gardening book, Why We Garden is a joyful, life-affirming exploration of nature, humanity and community. Featuring interviews with Tim Winton, Bruce Pascoe, Laura Tingle, Clare Bowditch, Bob Brown, Costa Georgiadis and many more.

A boundary-breaking astrophysicist reimagines the universeand our place within itin this audacious journey through the Nine Realms of the cosmos.This book explains the universe and then quietly explains you. Which is unfair, because I was just trying to read about space. . . . Smart, funny, and unexpectedly moving.Sarah Silverman, comedianThe universe gave rise to everything: stars and cells, minds and memories, purpose and pain. But it doesnt care about us. It follows its own rules. And now, according to Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, we finally understand enough about those rules to ask the big questions like we mean it: Why do we exist? Are we alone? How did we get here? What comes next? Andperhaps most urgentlyis there reason to hope?Heck yeah, there is!Dr. Oluseyi is no ordinary scientist. A former street kid turned world-renowned cosmologist, he realized something bold: The story of existence can be told as a passage through nine interwoven realmseach revealing a new layer of cosmic truth.Theres the Middle Realm, where we live; the Realm of Life, where organisms flourish across the vastness of space; the Cosmological Realm, where galaxies dance and collide; the Dark Realm, dominated by unseen energy and invisible forces; the Quantum Realm, where reality defies intuition; the Temporal Realm, where time begins, flows, and perhaps ends; the Multiverse Realm, where our universe may be one among many; the Realm Beyond Horizons, where observation breaks down; and the Realm of Imagination, where insight, curiosity, and creativity shape our understanding of it all.In Why Do We Exist?, Dr. Oluseyi cracks open these realms with clarity, humor, and radical honesty, bridging cutting-edge physics, personal narrative, and philosophy. The result is a blueprint for understanding reality itself and a surprising case for human potential in an indifferent cosmos.This isnt just a science book. Its a survival manual for the universally curious.

The Indiana Jones of trees GuardianWhen the forest breathes out, we breathe in. When the forest thrives, we thrive. The world-renowned forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has transformed our understanding of the profound intelligence and interconnectedness of trees. In When the Forest Breathes, she uncovers how the deep-rooted cycles of renewal that sustain the forest can also help us to protect our entire global ecosystem. Raised in a family of loggers committed to sustainable stewardship of the land, Simard has watched as timber companies leave the forests of her native British Columbia vulnerable to wildfires and drought, threatening the crucial biodiversity that they support. But her groundbreaking research for the Mother Tree Project one of the most ambitious forest ecology experiments of its kind has the potential to chart a new course. The forest, she reveals, is a living symphony of finely honed cycles of birth, growth, death and rebirth that hold the key to protecting the natural world. Working closely with local Indigenous communities, whose sustainable practices have been largely ignored, Simard examines how holistic, regenerative forestry that preserves the cycles of the forest can help solve the global climate crisis. Weaving together scientific discoveries and luminous storytelling, Simards book is a call to rediscover our kinship with the natural world, and listen to the lessons of the forest.

Flirrende Sommerhitze und das sanfte Platschern verborgener Bache bilden den Hintergrund fur diese feinsinnigen Naturbeobachtungen. Libellen, die wie fliegende Edelsteine uber das Wasser tanzen, werden zu Symbolen fur die fluchtige Schonheit der Existenz. In stillen, leuchtenden Bildern wird der ewige Kreislauf von Werden und Vergehen eingefangen. Ein Meisterwerk der Naturlyrik, das die Sinne weckt und den Geist auf eine friedvolle Reise schickt.

Sommerliche Leichtigkeit und das Summen unzahliger Insekten erwachen in diesen lebendigen Beobachtungen der warmen Jahreszeit zum Leben. Die filigrane Schonheit von Libellen und anderen zarten Sommerboten wird mit einer Poesie beschrieben, die den Leser formlich die Sonnenstrahlen auf der Haut spuren lasst. Jede Geschichte ist ein funkelnder Tautropfen, der die Wunder eines perfekten Sommertages in der freien Natur reflektiert. Eine erfrischende und heitere Lekture, die die magische Fluchtigkeit des Sommers meisterhaft konserviert.

Have you ever thrown a perfectly straight bowling ball, only to watch it inexplicably hook wildly into the gutter at the very last second? You did not make a physical mistake; your ball collided with an invisible, highly engineered chemical battleground painted directly onto the wood.Professional bowling is fundamentally a contest of tribologythe science of interacting surfaces in relative motion. To protect the lane and manipulate the games difficulty, maintenance machines lay down microscopic, varying patterns of highly viscous mineral oil. These invisible topographies dictate exactly when a ball will glide smoothly and when it will bite the wood and curve. By altering the oil pattern, tournament organizers can mathematically guarantee high-scoring strikes or create frustratingly defensive, low-scoring matches.This deep forensic dive explores the bizarre petrochemical economy of indoor leisure. It dissects the fluid viscosity of the oils, the aggressive B2B monopolies that manufacture the lane-conditioning machines, and the desperate material science of modern urethane bowling balls designed to absorb and cut through this chemical defense.Master the invisible friction beneath your feet. Understanding lane tribology reveals the extreme chemical manipulation hiding in plain sight at your local bowling alley.

When an elite powerlifter hoists 500 pounds off the floor, the immense mechanical load does not just rest on the muscles and bones. The brunt of the physical trauma is absorbed by the tendons. Unlike steel cables, which snap when their tensile limit is reached, human tendons are composed of water and collagen, making them viscoelastic.This medical reference text delves into the fascinating biomechanics of "Tendon Creep." Under extreme, sustained mechanical load, tendons do not just pull; they physically stretch, deform, and leak fluid, elongating over time to absorb the kinetic shock and prevent the bone from violently fracturing.We deconstruct the precise time-under-tension required to safely trigger this viscoelastic deformation, and the dangerous orthopedic consequences of lifting too explosively before the collagen fibers have had the necessary milliseconds to properly align.Understand the plastics in your body. A deep dive into the resilient, shape-shifting tissues that allow the human skeleton to survive impossible burdens.

If you open a map app on your phone and spin around, the digital compass instantly spins with you. Decades ago, detecting this kind of exact 3D rotation required a massive, heavy, mechanical gyroscope made of rapidly spinning brass wheels mounted inside brass gimbals. Today, that entire mechanism has been shrunk down to a speck of silicon no larger than a grain of sand.This textbook explains the brilliant microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) driving modern navigation. Inside your phone sits the Coriolis Vibratory Gyroscope. It has no spinning wheels. Instead, it features microscopic, highly engineered silicon structures shaped like tiny tuning forks that vibrate continuously. When you rotate your phone, the physical laws of the Coriolis effect cause these vibrating forks to mathematically deflect and bend.We explain how microscopic electrical sensors measure this tiny deformation in the silicon, instantly calculating your exact rotational speed and feeding it to your software.Learn the physics of micro-navigation. Discover the invisible, vibrating quartz tuning forks that keep your drones flying, your cars stable, and your digital maps pointing north.

A NEW SCIENTIST BEST NEW SCIENCE BOOK APRIL 2026A fascinating read our TalkSport and Talk BOOK OF THE WEEK! - Extra Time with Paul RossLook UP and find a whole world of joy BBC Radio R4 Today A book rich with light, love, and the best kind of astonishment. Helen Macdonald, author of H is for HawkEntertaining and unusual. Tristan Gooley, author of The Walkers Guide to Outdoor Clues and SignsThe sky is a world of endless wonder. From the intricate dance of clouds and the vibrant hues of the aurora borealis to the marvel of effortless soaring birds and the silent majesty of the stars, it is a living storybook.In Up, inventor and engineer Dr Lucy Rogers explores the beauty, science, and surprises of the world above.Join her on a marvellous adventure through a kite market in India, creep through the Borneo jungle to witness millions of bats pour out of a cave at dusk, venture to Tornado Alley to chase the raw power of storms, and journey to Mexico to stand in awe of a total solar eclipse.Up is for anyone who has ever paused to marvel at a shooting star, wondered about the ingenuity of human flight, or dreamed of touching a rainbow. Bringing rich insights, personal stories, and a very real sense of awe for the natural world, Dr Rogers explores the science behind these phenomena and reveals all there is to discover if you look Up.Genuinely amazing: she changes your perspective on life. Tim Minshall, author ofYour Life is ManufacturedMy only complaint about the writing of Lucy Rogers is that there isnt enough of it. Tim Radford, Guardian

Une brève histoire du capitalisme responsable retrace 40 ans d’évolutions et de ruptures qui ont façonné la Responsabilité sociétale des entreprises (RSE) : de la mondialisation triomphante aux polit

Les excréments humains ont progressivement été relégués au rang d’impensé collectif, résidus embarrassants que les sociétés modernes ont surtout tenté d’éloigner des villes et de leurs habitants. Alo

Les excréments humains ont progressivement été relégués au rang d’impensé collectif, résidus embarrassants que les sociétés modernes ont surtout tenté d’éloigner des villes et de leurs habitants. Alo

Uma Introdução à Criminalística de Paulo Ricardo Ost Frank é um livro que aborda os fundamentos da criminalística, uma ciência essencial para a investigação criminal. A obra explora diversas técnicas

Intuition suggests that a perfectly smooth sphere will travel through the air faster and further than a rough, bumpy one. In the strict laws of fluid dynamics, however, intuition is completely wrong. If you hit a perfectly smooth golf ball, it will drop out of the sky after 100 yards, suffocated by its own aerodynamic drag.This fascinating exploration breaks down the physics of the golf ball dimple. When a smooth ball flies, the air separates from the surface very early, leaving a massive, low-pressure "drag wake" behind the ball that violently pulls it backward. The dimples solve this by intentionally creating a thin layer of chaotic, turbulent air right at the surface (the boundary layer). This turbulence forces the air to stick to the ball much longer, drastically shrinking the drag wake and allowing the ball to slice through the atmosphere and fly twice as far.We trace the history from smooth leather balls to the modern, hyper-engineered urethane spheres with exactly 336 mathematically arranged dimples designed to optimize the Magnus effect for backspin.Master the invisible friction of the sky. Understand how intentionally adding microscopic turbulence is the absolute key to athletic aerodynamic perfection.

Have you ever blown over the top of an empty glass bottle and heard a deep, humming note? You have just activated a Helmholtz Resonator. This precise physical phenomenon occurs when air bounces inside a cavity, creating a specific resonant frequency based entirely on the volume of the container and the size of the opening.Remarkably, ancient architects utilized this exact acoustic physics long before modern science defined it. By embedding specifically tuned, hollow bronze or clay vases into the walls of ancient Greek and Roman amphitheaters, engineers were able to mathematically trap and absorb unwanted low-frequency echoes that would otherwise muddy the actors voices.This educational guide bridges classical history and modern acoustic physics. We analyze how contemporary concert halls and high-end automotive exhaust systems still rely on this exact same geometric principle to target and eliminate destructive sound frequencies.Discover the silent traps built into the walls. Learn how the ancient world manipulated the geometry of empty space to perfectly engineer the acoustics of mass entertainment.

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In 1935, Australian scientists made a calculated decision to import a biological weapon to protect their valuable sugarcane crops. They released exactly 102 Cane Toads into the wild, expecting them to devour the destructive cane beetles. Instead, they unleashed one of the most unstoppable and disastrous ecological invasions in recorded history.The scientists ignored a catastrophic behavioral mismatch: the toads could not jump high enough to reach the beetles, and the beetles flew during the day while the toads hunted at night. With no natural predators equipped to survive their lethal poison glands, the highly adaptable toads abandoned the sugar fields and began marching across the continent, multiplying into the hundreds of millions and decimating native wildlife.This book examines the catastrophic cascade of biological control gone wrong. You will explore the specific evolutionary advantages of the amphibian, the deadly chemistry of bufotoxin, and the frantic modern strategies deployed to halt the relentless hopping army.Witness the ultimate failure of agricultural hubris. Discover how a simple pest control experiment mutated into a continent-wide ecological nightmare that forever altered the Australian landscape.

There is hard-won wisdom here, and good cheer, and a reminder that the world is much wider, older and more interesting than youd think BILL McKIBBENKind, wise and immensely readable TIM FLANNERYA thoughtful, illuminating rumination on the life lessons we can take from those who work the land and the millennia of wisdom they draw upon when they go about their day, making a living by turning light and time into money.As with his previous bestsellers, John Connell skilfully synthesises philosophy, art, literature and spirituality to bolster his thoughts on such topics as stoicism, the food chain and the role of community, leaving the reader convinced of the importance of connecting with their own inner farmer.