100 Mitos de la Ciencia [Spanish]

By Daniel Closa i Autet and Daniel Closa

Exploring the histories behind 100 scientific myths with clear and simple language, this book separates scientific truth from fictitious invention. Since every myth is based on some truth, the goal is to discover at which point the facts were altered by imagination and how much of the myth is true. Among the myths explored are the beliefs that human beings use only 10 percent of their brains, that there are more births during a full moon, that ostriches bury their heads in the ground, and that water drains in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere. Explorando las historias detr s de 100 mitos cient ficos con un lenguaje claro y simple, este libro separa la verdad cient fica de la invenci n ficticia. Ya que todo mito est basado en alguna verdad, la meta es m s bien descubrir en qu punto los hechos fueron alterados por la imaginaci n y cu nto del mito actual es cierto. Entre los mitos explorados se encuentran las creencias de que los humanos s lo usan 10 por ciento del cerebro, que en luna llena nacen m s criaturas, que los avestruces esconden la cabeza bajo tierra y que el agua de la pila gira al rev s en el hemisferio sur.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8415088221
• ISBN13: 9788415088226
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Lectio Ediciones
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"