LA MUJER MUSULMANA EN LA HISTORIA

A través de la aplicación del método Delfos, Enric Bas, junto con una serie de reconocidos expertos en prospectiva ofrece de manera cualitativa y cuantitativa un cúmulo de conclusiones interesantes para nuestro mundo.

Una amena introducción a la genética humana. Todos hemos compartido alguna vez esa sensación de que la genética interviene de manera decisiva en nuestras vidas, si bien no acabamos de comprender los caminos que conducen a que seamos como somos, tan parecidos y al mismo tiempo tan diferentes de quienes nos rodean y con quienes compartimos orígenes biológicos. En la tradición de los mejores libros de divulgación científica, mediante ejemplos sencillos y gran sentido del humor, esta pareja de biólogo y periodista nos ayuda a satisfacer nuestra curiosidad por aquellas cuestiones...

Henri Charriere, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: "escape." After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charriere's...

Ethnohistoric accounts have been a constant source of inspiration for archaeologists in their efforts to interpret the archaeological record of Central America. However, limited knowledge of the actual archaeological record of this region has been a missing link in the reasoning used to connect the rich ethnohistoric detail known for these societies with the material remains left by prehistoric chiefdoms. The author makes major contributions to forging that missing link by documenting the settlement patterns of the region around the site of El Hatillo. The study allows us to trace the...