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Biology
Sylvia S. Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Biology is a traditional, comprehensive introductory biology textbook with coverage from cell structure and function to the conservation of biodiversity and is appropriate for a one- or two-semester biology course. Biology focuses on three themes: systems, evolution, and the nature of science. These themes are integrated into all aspects of the textbook, from the unit learning outcomes to the theme-based feature readings in the text. Recognizing that instructors are increasingly being asked to engage their students while still providing them with a firm foundation in core biological principles, the authors of Biology integrated relevant content throughout the text to better allow students to make connections and think more scientifically.
La era del capitalismo de la vigilancia: la lucha por un futuro humano frente a las nuevas fronteras del poder
Shoshana Zuboff
En esta obra magistral por la originalidad de las ideas y las investigaciones en ella expuestas Shoshana Zuboff nos revela el alarmante fenómeno que ella ha denominado "capitalismo de la vigilancia". Está en juego algo de la máxima importancia: toda una arquitectura global de modificación de la conducta amenaza con transfigurar la naturaleza humana en el siglo XXI de igual modo a como el capitalismo industrial desfiguró el mundo natural en el siglo XX. Gracias al análisis del de Zuboff, cobran vida de forma gráfica las consecuencias del avance del capitalismo de la vigilancia desde el foco de origen en Silicon Valley hacia todos los sectores de la economía. Hoy se acumula un enorme volumen de riqueza y poder en unos llamados "mercados de futuros conductuales" en los que se compran y se venden predicciones sobre nuestro comportamiento, y hasta la producción de bienes y servicios se supedita a un nuevo "medio de modificación de la conducta".
Libro rojo de los cangrejos dulceacuícolas de Colombia
Martha R. Campos, Carlos A. Lasso
Cuando el público interesado comience a leer estás páginas, se sorprenderá al igual que yo, al saber que Colombia no es solo una potencia a nivel global en biodiversidad de plantas, aves, orquídeas, mariposas o anfibios, sino que somos el segundo país con la mayor riqueza de cangrejos de agua dulce en el mundo. Con 104 especies conocidas hasta el momento y probablemente muchas más por descubrir, somos el segundo país después de China con la mayor riqueza de este grupo de animales y lo que es aún mucho más importante, el país con el mayor nivel de endemismo o especies únicas: al menos 84 especies son exclusivas de Colombia y este porcentaje tan elevado de endemismo (81%), no tiene parangón con otros componentes de nuestra biodiversidad, indicando unos niveles de complejidad biogeográfica consistentes con la riqueza de humedales y ecosistemas acuáticos del país, cada vez mejor caracterizada y valorada.
Visual doing: applying visual thinking in your day-to-day business
Willemien Brand
After the success of 2017's Visual Thinking, the author noticed that people enjoy discovering how easy it is to use drawings in business communication. But they still have no guide to satisfy their desire to tell a visual story in a very simple way. That is why the author has now written Visual Doing. This book will fulfil this desire, not by drilling deeper into the advice in the first book, but by "undeepening" Chapters 3 and 4. These chapters, both about drawing in visual business settings, are now broken down into ready-to-implement skills and tools. Visual Doing will improve your visual craftsmanship and broaden your skillset. It's a practical and accessible handbook for incorporating visual thinking into your daily business and communication. The author leads you through a new range of exercises, techniques and subjects which will help you to tell your own visual story.
Future Cities Laboratory: Indicia 03
Stephen Cairns, Devisari Tunas
This third and final volume in the Indicia book series presents the results of the Future Cities Laboratory research program in the form of actions for sustainable city-making. It complements the first and second volumes of the series that respectively documented the research challenges and approaches that prefigured these results. Read together, the three volumes chart the full arc and many productive eddies of the five-year program and its mission to shape sustainable future cities. Research results are presented as condensed actions that take the form of general principles, recommendations and practical guidelines. The actions are neither technical standards nor prescriptive checklists but invitations to explore, test and refine research insights within the context in which the reader lives, works and acts. The credibility, salience and legitimacy of each action is underpinned by scientific publications (journal articles, books and exhibitions) presented in extensive footnotes and suggestions for further reading.