Latin America and the Caribbean: Lands and Peoples

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Now proudly published by Oxford University Press, Latin America and the Caribbean: Lands and Peoples, Fourth Edition, by David L. Clawson, will be available for use in fall courses. Renowned for its currency, clarity, and rich art and map program, this exceptional text is ideal for courses in the geography of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Integrating topics from virtually all of the social and physical sciences, it also provides a unique interdisciplinary introduction to the region.

Latin America and the Caribbean, Fourth Edition, features a thematic organization that highlights the commonalities within this highly diverse, rapidly changing region. It focuses on comprehension of concepts, patterns, and issues rather than on memorization of facts and figures. Numerous photos, charts, and illustrations help to convey a sense of how people live and give students a feel for the region. Easily accessible to beginning students, the text is also generously documented with scholarly references in order to meet the research needs of advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The individual chapters can be used in their entirety or in part, and in any order.

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Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science)

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In Oxygen, Nick Lane takes the reader on an enthralling journey as he unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death. He shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity, the birth of photosynthesis, the sudden evolution of animals, the need for two sexes, the accelerated aging of cloned animals like Dolly the sheep, and the surprisingly long lives of bats and birds. Drawing on this grand evolutionary canvas, Oxygen offers fresh perspectives on our own lives and deaths, explaining modern killer diseases, why we age, and what we can do about it. Advancing revelatory new ideas, following chains of evidence, the book ranges through many disciplines, from environmental sciences to molecular medicine. The result is a captivating vision of contemporary science and a humane synthesis of our place in nature. This remarkable book will redefine the way we think about the world.

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Precious! - Luis Mansilla Miranda - Viña del Mar, Chile
Al last!. I finally finished this book that I have been reading, little by little, since the 8.8 earthquake in Chile. Like the Mitochondria book, these pages are not simple and every page is full of information. This book is interesting from the dragonfly on the cover till the Glossary at the end. It is a book about how oxigen flourished on earth but at the same time how species have to deal with the inevitable process of oxidation, an issue that is tightly related to the theory of ageing. Inflammation, the immune system response to foreigners is also covered in this book, making sence to some of the virtues of Aspirin.
Mitochondria and Oxygen, as far as I know, do not have a spanish translation. But the book about the "Ten Great Inventions of Evolution", from this very same author and that cover all these issues but lightly, can be found in spanish, a book for everyone.

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