Introduccin a la Ciencia

Primera Parte: Ciencias Fsicas

Isaac Asimov

Bibliografa I Una introduccin a la Ciencia resultara incompleta sin una gua para ampliar las lecturas acerca del tema. Seguidamente presento una breve seleccin de libros. Esta relacin constituye una miscelnea y no pretende ser una coleccin completa de los mejores libros modernos sobre temas cientficos. Sin embargo, he ledo la mayor parte de ellos y puedo recomendarlos todos, incluso los mos.

CAPTULO l., QU ES LA CIENCIA? BERNAL, J. D. CLAGETT, MARSHALL CROMBIE, A. C. DAMPIER, SIR WILLIAM CECIL DREYER, J. L. E. FORBES, R. J., y DIJKSTERHUIS. E. J. MASON, S. F. TATON, R. (editor) CAPTULO II., EL UNIVERSO ALTER, D., CUMINSHAW, C H., y PHILLIPS, J. G. ASIMOV, ISAAC BONNOR, WILLIAM BURBIDGE, G. y BURBIDGE, M. FLAMMARION, G. C., y otros GAMOW, GEORGE HOYLE, FRED HOYLE, FRED JOHNSON, MARTIN KRUSE, W., y DIECKVOSS, W. LEY, WILLY MCLAUGHLIN, DEAN B. OPIK, ERNST J. SCIAMA, D. W. SHKLOVSKO, I. S., y SAGAN, CARL SMITH, F. GRAHAM STRUVE, OTTO, y ZEBERGS, VELTA WHIPPLE, FRED L. The Universe (ed. rev.). Walker & Company, Nueva York, 1971. The Mystery of the Expanding Universe. Macmillan Company, Nueva York, 1964. Quasi-Stellar Objecs. Freeman, San Francisco, 1967. The Flammarion Book of Astronomy . Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1964. The Creation of the Universe . Viking Press, Nueva York, 1955. Astronomy . Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1962. Frontiers of Astronomy . New American Library, Nueva York, 1955. Astronomy of Stellar Energy and Decay. Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1959 The Stars . University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1957. Watchers of the Skies. Viking Press, Nueva York, 1966. Introduction to Astronomy. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1961. The Oscillating Universe . New American Library, Nueva York, 1960. The Unity of the Universe . Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1959. Intelligent Life in the Universe . Holden-Day, San Francisco, 1966. Radio Astronomy. Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1960. Astronomy of the 20th Century . Macmillan Company, Nueva York, 1962. Earth, Moon and Planets (ed. rev.). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Pictorial Astronomy (3ra. ed., rev.). Thomas Y. Crowell, Nueva York, 1969. Science in history. Hawthorn Books, Nueva York, 1965. Greek Science in Antiquity. Adelard-Schuman, Nueva York, 1955. Medieval and Early Modern Science (2 vols.). Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1959. A History of Science. Cambridge University Pres, Nueva York, 1958. A History of Astronomy from Thales lo Kepler. Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1953. A History of Science and Technology, (2 vols.). Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1963. Main Currents of Scientific Throught. Abelard-Schuman, Nueva York, 1953. Hislory of Science (4 vols.). Basic Books, Nueva York, 1963-1966.

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Introduccin a la Ciencia

Primera Parte: Ciencias Fsicas Mass., 1963.

Isaac Asimov

WHITHROW, G. J. CAPTULO III., LA TIERRA ADAMS, FRANK DAWSON BURTON, MAURICE GAMOW, GEORGE GILLULY, J., WATERS, A. C., y WOODFORD, A. O. GUTENBERG, B. (editor) HURLEY, PATRICK M. KUENEN, P. H. MASON, BRIAN MOORE, RUTH SCIENTlFIC AMERICAN (editores) CAPTULO IV., LA ATMSFERA BATES, D. R. (editor) GLASSTONE, SAMUEL LEY, WILLY LOEBSACK, THEO NEWELL, HOMER E. NININGER, H. H. ORR, CLYDE, JR. CAPTULO V., LOS ELEMENTOS ALEXANDER, W., y STREET ASIMOV, ISAAC ASIMOV, ISAAC DAVIS, HELEN MILES HOLDEN, ALAN, y SINGER, PHYLIS IHDE, AARON, J. JAFFE, BERNARD LEICESTER, HENRY, M. PAULING, LINUS SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (editores) WEAVER, E. C. y FOSTER, L. S. WEEKS, MARY E., y LEICESTER, H. M. CAPTULO VI., LAS PARTCULAS ALFREN, HANNES ASIMOV, ISAAC Colaboracin de Mnica Snchez

The Structure and Evolution of the Universe. Harper & Brothers, Nueva York, 1959. The Birth and Development of the Geological Sciences . Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1938. Life in the Deep. Roy Publishers, Nueva York, 1958. A Planet Called Earth. Viking Press, Nueva York, 1963. Principles of Geology . W. H. Freeman & Company, San Francisco, 1958. Internal Constitution of the Earth. Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1951. How Old Is the Earth? Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1959. Realms of Water. John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1963. Principles of Geochemistry . John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1958. The Earth We Live On. Alfred A. Knopf, Nueva York, 1956. The Planet Earth. Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1957. The Earth and Its Atmosphere . Basic Books, Nueva York, 1957. Sourcebook on the Space Sciences . Van Nostrand, Nueva York, 1965. Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel. Viking Press, Nueva York, 1957. Our Atmosphere . New American Library, Nueva York, 1961. JR., Window in the Sky . McGraw-Hill Book Company, Nueva York, 1959. Out of the Sky . Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1952 Between Earth and Space . Collier Books, Nueva York, 1961. A., Metals in the Service of Man. Penguin Books, Nueva York, 1954. A Short History of Chemistry. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1965. The Noble Gases. Basic Books, Nueva York, 1966. The Chemical Elements. Ballantine Books, Boston, 1959. Crystals and Crystal Growing. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1960. The Development of Modern Chemistry . Harper & Row, Nueva York, 1964. Chemistry Creates a New World. Thomas Y. Crowell, Nueva York, 1957 The Historical Background of Chemistry . John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1956. College Chemistry (3ra. ed.). W. H. Freeman & Company, San Francisco, 1964. New Chemistry . Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1957. Chemistry for Our Times. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Nueva York, 1947. Discovery of the Elements (7ma. ed.). Journal of Chemical Education, Easton, Filadelfia, 1968. Worlds Antiworlds. Freeman, San Francisco, 1966. The Neutrino . Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1966. 2 Preparado por Patricio Barros Antonio Bravo

Introduccin a la Ciencia FORD, KENNETH W. FRIEDLANDER, G., KENNEDY, J. W., y MILLER, J. M. GAMOW, GEORGE GARDNER, MARTIN GLASSTONE, SAMUEL HUCHES, DONALD J. MASSEY, SIR HARRIE PARK, DAVID SHAMOS, M. H., Y MURPHY, G. M. (editores) CAPTULO VII., LAS ONDAS BENT, H. A. BERGMANN, P. G. BLACK, N. H., y LITTLE, E. P. EDINGTON, SIR ARTHUR S. EINSTEIN, ALERT, e INFELD, LEOPOLD FREEMAN, IRA M. GARDNER. MARTIN HOFFMAN, BANESH ROSSI, BRUNO SHAMOS, MORRIS H. CAPTULO VIII., LA MQUINA BITTER, FRANCIS DE CAMP, L. SPRAGUE KOCK, W. E. LARSEN, EGON LEE, E. W. LENGYEL, BELA. NEAL, HARRY EDWARD PIERCE, JOHN R. PIERCE, JOHN R. SINGER, CHARLES, HOLMYARD, E. J., y HALL, A. R. (editores) TAYLOR, F. SHERWOOD UPTON, MONROE

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The World of Elementary Particles. Blaisdell Publisbing Company, Nueva York, 1963. Nuclear and Radiochemistry (2da. ed.). Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1964. Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom . Cambridge University Press, Nueva York, 1955. The Ambidextrous Universe . Basic Books, Nueva York, 1964. Sourcebook on Atomic Energy (3ra. ed.). D. Van Nostrand Company, Princeton, N.J., 1967. The Neutron Story . Doubleday & Company. Nueva York, 1959. The New Age in Physics. Harper & Brothers, Nueva York, 1960. Contemporary Physics . Harcourt, Brace & World, Nueva York, 1964. Recent Advances in Science . New York Universitry Press, Nueva York, 1956.

The Second Law . Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 1965. The Riddle of Gravitation. Charles Scribner's Sons, Nueva York, 1968. An Introductory Course in College Physics. Macmillan Company, Nueva York, 1957. The Nature of the Physical World . Cambridae University Press, Nueva York, 1953. The Evolution of Physics. Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1938. Physics Made Simple. Made Simple Books, Nueva York, 1954. Relativity for the Million . Macmillan Company, Nueva York, 1962. The Strange Story of the Quantum. Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1959. Cosmic rays. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Nueva York, 1964. Great Experiments in Physics. Henry Holt & Company, Nueva York, 1959. Magnets . Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1959. The Ancient Engineers. Doubleday & Co., Nueva York, 1963. Lasers and Holography . Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1969. Transport. Roy Publishers, Nueva York, 1959. Magnetism. Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1963. Lasers . John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1962. Communication . Julius Messner, Nueva York, 1960. Electrons, Waves and Messages. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1956. Symbols, Signals and Noise . Harper Brothers, Nueva York, 1961. A History of Technology (5 vols.). Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 1954. A. History of industrial Chemistry. Abelard Schuman, Nueva York, 1957. Electronics for Everyone (2da. ed. rev.). New American Library, Nueva York, 1959.

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Introduccin a la Ciencia USHER, ABBOT PAYSON WARSCHAUER, DOUGLAS M. CAPTULO IX., EL REACTOR ALEXANDER, PETER BISHOP, AMASA S. FOWLER, JOHN M. JUKES, JOHN JUNGK, ROBERT PURCELL, JOHN RIEDMAN, SARAH R. SCIENTlFIC AMERICAN (editores) WILSON, ROBERT R., y LITTAUER, R.

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A History of Mechanical Inventions. Beacon Press, Boston, 1959. Semiconductors and Transistors. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Nueva York, 1959. Atomic Radiation and Life . Penguin Books, Nueva York, 1957. Project Sherwood . Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Mass., 1958. Fallout. A Study of Superbombs, Strontium 90, and Survival. Bassic Books. Nueva York, 1960. Man-Made Sun. Abelard-Schuman, Nueva York, 1959. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. Harcout, Brace & Company, Nueva York, 1958. The Best-Kept Secret. Vanguard Press, Nueva York, 1963. Men and Women behind the Atom . Abelard-Schuman, Nueva York, 1958. Atomic Power . Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1955. Accelerators. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York. 1960.

APNDICE., LAS MATEMTICAS EN LA CIENCIA COURANT, RICHARD y ROBBINS, HERBERT DANTZIG, TOBIAS FELIX, LUCIENNE FREUND. JOHN E. KLINE, MORRIS KLINE, MORRIS NEWMAN, JAMES, R. STEIN, SHERMAN K. VALENS. EVANS G. GENERALIDADES ASIMOV, ISAAC ASIMOV, ISAAC ASIMOV, ISAAC CABLE, E. J. y col. GAMOV, GEORGE HUTCHINGS, EDWARD, JR. SHAPLEV, HARLOW, RAPPORT, SAMUEL, y WRIGHT, HELEN (directores) SLABAUGH, W. H. y BUTLER, A. B. Colaboracin de Mnica Snchez College Physical Science . Prentice-Hall, Nueva York, 1958. Preparado por Patricio Barros Antonio Bravo Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Doubleday & Company Nueva York, 1964. Life and Energy. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1962. The Words of Science. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959. The Physical Sciences . Prentice-Hall, Nueva York, 1959. Matter, Earth, and Sky . Prentice-Hall, Nueva York, 1958. (director), Frontiers in Sciente , Basic Books, Nueva York, 1958. A Treasury of Science (4ta. ed.). Harper & Brothers, Nueva York, 1958. Number, the language of Science. Macmillan Company, Nueva York, 1954. The Modern Aspect of Mathematics . Basic Books, Nueva York, 1960. A Modern Introduction to Mathematics . Prentice Hall, Nueva York, 1956. Mathematics and the Physical World. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Nueva York, 1959. Mathematics In Western Culture. Oxford University Press, Nueva York. 1953. The World of Mathematics (4 vols.). Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1956. Mathematics, the Man-Made Universe. W. H. Freeman & Company, San Francisco, 1963. The Number of Things. Dutton & Co. Nueva York, 1964. What Is Mathematics? Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 1941.

Introduccin a la Ciencia WATSON, JANE WERNER

Primera Parte: Ciencias Fsicas The World of Science . Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1958.

Isaac Asimov

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