Cómo evoluciona el ser humano a partir de simios insignificantes para convertirse en gobernantes del mundo. El resumen de lectura indispensable de “Sapiens: una breve historia de la humanidad,” por Yuval Noah Harari. En Sapiens, el catedrático Yuval Noah Harari se enfoca sobre las tres grandes revoluciones de la historia humana: Cognitiva, Agrícola y Científica. Presenta una hipótesis de cómo el Homo sapiens se transforma, a partir de un animal intrascendente, hace setenta mil años para convertirse en el gobernante de la Tierra. Las anteriores especies humanas, tales como el Homo neanderthalensis en Europa y el Homo erectus en Asia, tenían adaptaciones climáticas y medioambientales que los sapiens no tuvieron. La Revolución Cognitiva, hacen 70.000 a 30.000 años, posibilitó al sapiens formar culturas elaboradas y comunicarse en ficciones. Las ficciones son los mitos, religiones, códigos morales, naciones, corporaciones y el dinero, que dan forma a las sociedades humanas, permitiéndoles hablar el mismo idioma y compartir las mismas costumbres, creencias, rituales y sueños. Las ficciones les permitieron también cooperar en grupos, dándoles una fuerza mi-litar y de seguridad, y fomentando la especialización que, eventualmente, les dio una ventaja tecnológica. Este libro cuenta la historia de cómo estas tres revoluciones han afectado a los seres humanos desde el inicio de la Revolución Cognitiva. Este libro cambia todo lo que pensábamos acerca del ser humano. Esta guía incluye: •Resumen del Libro: El resumen le ayuda a comprender las ideas clave y las recomendaciones. •Videos Online: Repetición a demanda de conferencias públicas y seminarios sobre los temas tratados en el capítulo. El valor añ

Biodiversity, sometimes simply understood as "diversity of species", is a specific quality of life on our planet, the dimensions and importance of which have just lately been fully realized. Today we know that "biological diversity is a global asset of incalculable value to present and future generations" (Kofi Annan). Biodiversity is spread unequally over the world: in fact, the main share of biological resources worldwide is harboured predominantly by the so-called developing countries in the tropics and sub tropics. Therefore, Biodiversity - A Challenge for Development Research and Policy was chosen as the title for an international conference which was held in Bonn in 1997 as one of the first major events organized by the then newly established North-South Centre for Development Research (ZEF) at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn (Germany). Since the ZEF, founded by the Senate of the University of Bonn in 1995, has played a central role in turning Bonn into a centre for international cooperation and North-South dialogue. The Centre is a product of the Bonn Berlin agreement of July 1994 which was adopted to offset the effects caused by the Parliament and much of the Government moving to Berlin. It fits in well with the double strategy to strengthen Bonn's position as an interna tional science arena and as an eminent place for development policy and the national and supranational agencies dealing with this issue.

“A little masterpiece of originality and clarity.”—George Steiner “A necessary book.”—Roberto Saviano “A wonderful little book that will delight you.”—François Busnel International Best Seller / Now in English for the First Time In this thought-provoking and extremely timely work, Nuccio Ordine convincingly argues for the utility of useless knowledge and against the contemporary fixation on utilitarianism—for the fundamental importance of the liberal arts and against the damage caused by their neglect. Inspired by the reflections of great philosophers and writers (e.g., Plato, Dante, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Borges, and Calvino), Ordine reveals how the obsession for material goods and the cult of utility ultimately wither the spirit, jeopardizing not only schools and universities, art, and creativity, but also our most fundamental values—human dignity, love, and truth. Also included is Abraham Flexner’s 1939 essay “The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge,” which originally prompted Ordine to write this book. Flexner—a founder and the first director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton—offers an impassioned defense of curiosity-driven research and learning.

A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish has been fully revised and updated, including over 500 new entries, making it an invaluable resource for students of Spanish. Based on a new web-based corpus containing more than 2 billion words collected from 21 Spanish-speaking countries, the second edition of A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish provides the most expansive and up-to-date guidelines on Spanish vocabulary. Each entry is accompanied with an illustrative example and full English translation. The Dictionary provides a rich resource for language teaching and curriculum design, while a separate CD version provides the full text in a tab-delimited format ideally suited for use by corpus and computational linguistics. With entries arranged both by frequency and alphabetically, A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish enables students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary in an engaging and efficient way.

Gnosis means knowledge. But we are not referring to just any knowledge. Gnosis is knowledge which produces a great transformation in those who receive it. Knowledge capable of nothing less than waking up man and helping him to escape from the prison in which he finds himself. That is why Gnosis has been so persecuted throughout the course of history, because it is knowledge considered dangerous for the religious and political authorities who govern mankind from the shadows. Every time this religion, absolutely different from the rest, appears before man, the other religions unite to try to destroy or hide it again. Primordial Gnosis is the original Gnosis, true Gnosis, eternal Gnosis, Gnostic knowledge in its pure form. Due to multiple persecutions, Primordial Gnosis has been fragmented, distorted and hidden.