Smoothing and Decay Estimates for Nonlinear Diffusion Equations
This text is concerned with the quantitative aspects of the theory of nonlinear diffusion equations; equations which can be seen as nonlinear variations of the classical heat equation. They appear as mathematical models in different branches of Ph...
The Porous Medium Equation
The Heat Equation is one of the three classical linear partial differential equations of second order that form the basis of any elementary introduction to the area of PDEs, and only recently has it come to be fairly well understood. In this monog...
Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta
Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta
La Conciencia Contada Por Un Sapiens a Un Neandertal / Conscience as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal
EL FEN MENO LITERARIO DE LOS LTIMOS A OS Vuelve el t ndem m s exitoso para abordar el mayor misterio de la naturaleza humana: nuestro cerebro «El cerebro vive en un cuarto oscuro . «Tal es el gran misterio al que nos enfrentamos , afirma Arsuaga en este libro en el que el sapiens y el neandertal afrontan el mayor desaf o de su proyecto en com n, el m s complejo, el que supone abrir una puerta a lo ignorado. Vivimos con la paradoja de que, pese a los avances de la neurociencia en los ltimos a os, el cerebro, que rige nuestra conexi n con el mundo, contin a siendo el gran desconocido. La identidad, la inteligencia la natural y la artificial y la memoria, as como las condiciones para que saltara la chispa y surgiera la conciencia que nos distingue a los humanos del resto de las especies constituyen las tramas de este libro, todas ellas atravesadas por la sabidur a y el humor, y por el eje narrativo de la singular relaci n entre el cient fico y el novelista. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION THE
Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal
A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan José Millás has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all. Perhaps he i...
Clinical Interventions in Systemic Couple and Family Therapy
This timely update presents modern directions in systemic therapy practice with couples and families, focusing on clinical innovations from Italy, Portugal, and Spain. Top therapists discuss their breakthrough family work in treating familiar path...
Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
Caught up in an oil spill, a dying seagull scrambles ashore to lay her final egg and lands on a balcony, where she meets Zorba, a big black cat from the port of Hamburg. The cat promises the seagull to look after the egg, not to eat the chick once...