Los números primos

Todo lo que te perdiste el día que abandonaste las matemáticas, y que estás a tiempo de recuperar. A menudo no somos conscientes de hasta qué punto nuestras vidas se articulan en torno a los números. Podemos haber olvidado las reglas gramaticales, las fórmulas químicas, las leyes físicas, las narraciones históricas o los conceptos filosóficos aprendidos en el colegio, pero lo que nunca olvidaremos son los números. Nos pasamos el día contando, midiendo y pesando. Utilizamos los números para ordenar el mundo, y aún más, para construirlo. Este libro nos muestra, de forma amena y...

Un viaje extraordinario desde los confines de la materia y el universo hasta el inagotable mundo interior de nuestra mente. El colosal desarrollo alcanzado por la química, la física y la astrofísica nos ha proporcionado un profundo conocimiento del mundo y una insospechada capacidad para construir dispositivos tecnológicos. Pero nos sumimos también en una ignorancia cada vez mayor de nuestra naturaleza interior. Una encrucijada de la que resulta difícil salir si no aprendemos a distinguir con claridad lo que es material y lo que es inmaterial. Enrique Gracián se sirve del concepto de...

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

Aimed at students not originally from Spain, this reference offers an overview of Spanish art history, emphasizing those periods and artists that have been major influences in universal art. The pages in this book summarize and discuss the prehistory and history of Spanish art from Altamira to the end of the 20th century. With a perspective that avoids the academic and seeks clarity, this book can serve anyone interested in Spanish art, for it explains its nuances with a rigor and simplicity that facilitate and inspire an enjoyment of its beauty. Dirigido a estudiantes no españoles, esta...

This little-known book of the author brings together eight approaches to the subject of the relationship between sacred art and profane art; between religion, ritual and aesthetics. Clearly and with abundant examples, Westheim explores how history has changed the significance of the work of art, of being a representation of the divinity or even of herself, to become a museum piece, destined to the valuation of their artistic merits.

This collection assembles 30 contributions to three different colloquia of the international PatRom project. They cover very different issues culled from the entire range of research on Romance proper names and thus provide a comprehensive picture of present-day scholarly engagement with the names of persons in Romance cultures.