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Bibliografía I

Una introducción a la Ciencia resultaría incompleta sin una guía para ampliar las
lecturas acerca del tema. Seguidamente presento una breve selección de libros.
Esta relación constituye una miscelánea y no pretende ser una colección completa
de los mejores libros modernos sobre temas científicos. Sin embargo, he leído la
mayor parte de ellos y puedo recomendarlos todos, incluso los míos.

CAPÍTULO 1., ¿QUÉ ES LA CIENCIA?

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

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SMITH, F. GRAHAM Radio Astronomy. Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1960.

STRUVE, OTTO, y ZEBERGS, VELTA Astronomy of the 20th Century. Macmillan Company, Nueva York, 1962.
WHIPPLE, FRED L. Earth, Moon and Planets (ed. rev.). Harvard University Press, Cambridge,
Mass., 1963.
WHITHROW, G. J. The Structure and Evolution of the Universe. Harper & Brothers, Nueva
York, 1959.
CAPÍTULO 3., LA TIERRA
ADAMS, FRANK DAWSON The Birth and Development of the Geological Sciences. Dover Publications,
Nueva York, 1938.
BURTON, MAURICE Life in the Deep. Roy Publishers, Nueva York, 1958.
GAMOW, GEORGE A Planet Called Earth. Viking Press, Nueva York, 1963.
GILLULY, J., WATERS, A. C., y Principles of Geology. W. H. Freeman & Company, San Francisco, 1958.
WOODFORD, A. O.
GUTENBERG, B. (editor) Internal Constitution of the Earth. Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1951.
HURLEY, PATRICK M. How Old Is the Earth? Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1959.
KUENEN, P. H. Realms of Water. John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1963.
MASON, BRIAN Principles of Geochemistry. John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1958.
MOORE, RUTH The Earth We Live On. Alfred A. Knopf, Nueva York, 1956.
SCIENTlFIC AMERICAN (editores) The Planet Earth. Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1957.
CAPÍTULO 4., LA ATMÓSFERA
BATES, D. R. (editor) The Earth and Its Atmosphere. Basic Books, Nueva York, 1957.
GLASSTONE, SAMUEL Sourcebook on the Space Sciences. Van Nostrand, Nueva York, 1965.
LEY, WILLY Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel. Viking Press, Nueva York, 1957.
LOEBSACK, THEO Our Atmosphere. New American Library, Nueva York, 1961.
NEWELL, HOMER E. JR., Window in the Sky. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Nueva York, 1959.
NININGER, H. H. Out of the Sky. Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1952
ORR, CLYDE, JR. Between Earth and Space. Collier Books, Nueva York, 1961.
CAPÍTULO 5., LOS ELEMENTOS
ALEXANDER, W., y STREET A., Metals in the Service of Man. Penguin Books, Nueva York, 1954.
ASIMOV, ISAAC A Short History of Chemistry. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1965.
ASIMOV, ISAAC The Noble Gases. Basic Books, Nueva York, 1966.
DAVIS, HELEN MILES The Chemical Elements. Ballantine Books, Boston, 1959.
HOLDEN, ALAN, y SINGER, PHYLIS Crystals and Crystal Growing. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1960.
IHDE, AARON, J. The Development of Modern Chemistry. Harper & Row, Nueva York, 1964.
JAFFE, BERNARD Chemistry Creates a New World. Thomas Y. Crowell, Nueva York, 1957
LEICESTER, HENRY, M. The Historical Background of Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York,
1956.
PAULING, LINUS College Chemistry (3ra. ed.). W. H. Freeman & Company, San Francisco,
1964.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (editores) New Chemistry. Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1957.
WEAVER, E. C. y FOSTER, L. S. Chemistry for Our Times. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Nueva York, 1947.
WEEKS, MARY E., y LEICESTER, H. Discovery of the Elements (7ma. ed.). Journal of Chemical Education, Easton,
M. Filadelfia, 1968.

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CAPÍTULO 6., LAS PARTÍCULAS

ALFREN, HANNES Worlds Antiworlds. Freeman, San Francisco, 1966.
ASIMOV, ISAAC The Neutrino. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1966.
FORD, KENNETH W. The World of Elementary Particles. Blaisdell Publisbing Company, Nueva
York, 1963.
FRIEDLANDER, G., KENNEDY, J. W., Nuclear and Radiochemistry (2da. ed.). Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1964.
y MILLER, J. M.
GAMOW, GEORGE Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom. Cambridge University Press, Nueva York,
1955.
GARDNER, MARTIN The Ambidextrous Universe. Basic Books, Nueva York, 1964.
GLASSTONE, SAMUEL Sourcebook on Atomic Energy (3ra. ed.). D. Van Nostrand Company,
Princeton, N.J., 1967.
HUCHES, DONALD J. The Neutron Story. Doubleday & Company. Nueva York, 1959.
MASSEY, SIR HARRIE The New Age in Physics. Harper & Brothers, Nueva York, 1960.
PARK, DAVID Contemporary Physics. Harcourt, Brace & World, Nueva York, 1964.
SHAMOS, M. H., Y MURPHY, G. M. Recent Advances in Science. New York Universitry Press, Nueva York, 1956.
(editores)
CAPÍTULO 7., LAS ONDAS
BENT, H. A. The Second Law. Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 1965.
BERGMANN, P. G. The Riddle of Gravitation. Charles Scribner's Sons, Nueva York, 1968.
BLACK, N. H., y LITTLE, E. P. An Introductory Course in College Physics. Macmillan Company, Nueva
York, 1957.
EDINGTON, SIR ARTHUR S. The Nature of the Physical World. Cambridae University Press, Nueva York,
1953.
EINSTEIN, ALERT, e INFELD, The Evolution of Physics. Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1938.
LEOPOLD
FREEMAN, IRA M. Physics Made Simple. Made Simple Books, Nueva York, 1954.
GARDNER. MARTIN Relativity for the Million. Macmillan Company, Nueva York, 1962.
HOFFMAN, BANESH The Strange Story of the Quantum. Dover Publications, Nueva York, 1959.
ROSSI, BRUNO Cosmic rays. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Nueva York, 1964.
SHAMOS, MORRIS H. Great Experiments in Physics. Henry Holt & Company, Nueva York, 1959.
CAPÍTULO 8., LA MÁQUINA
BITTER, FRANCIS Magnets. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1959.
DE CAMP, L. SPRAGUE The Ancient Engineers. Doubleday & Co., Nueva York, 1963.
KOCK, W. E. Lasers and Holography. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1969.
LARSEN, EGON Transport. Roy Publishers, Nueva York, 1959.
LEE, E. W. Magnetism. Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1963.
LENGYEL, BELA. Lasers. John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 1962.
NEAL, HARRY EDWARD Communication. Julius Messner, Nueva York, 1960.
PIERCE, JOHN R. Electrons, Waves and Messages. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1956.
PIERCE, JOHN R. Symbols, Signals and Noise. Harper Brothers, Nueva York, 1961.
SINGER, CHARLES, HOLMYARD, E. A History of Technology (5 vols.). Oxford University Press, Nueva York,
J., y HALL, A. R. (editores) 1954.

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TAYLOR, F. SHERWOOD A. History of industrial Chemistry. Abelard Schuman, Nueva York, 1957.
UPTON, MONROE Electronics for Everyone (2da. ed. rev.). New American Library, Nueva York,
1959.
USHER, ABBOT PAYSON A History of Mechanical Inventions. Beacon Press, Boston, 1959.
WARSCHAUER, DOUGLAS M. Semiconductors and Transistors. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Nueva York,
1959.
CAPÍTULO 9., EL REACTOR
ALEXANDER, PETER Atomic Radiation and Life. Penguin Books, Nueva York, 1957.
BISHOP, AMASA S. Project Sherwood. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Mass.,
1958.
FOWLER, JOHN M. Fallout. A Study of Superbombs, Strontium 90, and Survival. Bassic Books.
Nueva York, 1960.
JUKES, JOHN Man-Made Sun. Abelard-Schuman, Nueva York, 1959.
JUNGK, ROBERT Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. Harcout, Brace & Company, Nueva York,
1958.
PURCELL, JOHN The Best-Kept Secret. Vanguard Press, Nueva York, 1963.
RIEDMAN, SARAH R. Men and Women behind the Atom. Abelard-Schuman, Nueva York, 1958.
SCIENTlFIC AMERICAN (editores) Atomic Power. Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1955.
WILSON, ROBERT R., y LITTAUER, Accelerators. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York. 1960.
R.
APÉNDICE., LAS MATEMÁTICAS EN LA CIENCIA
COURANT, RICHARD y ROBBINS, What Is Mathematics? Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 1941.
HERBERT
DANTZIG, TOBIAS Number, the language of Science. Macmillan Company, Nueva York, 1954.
FELIX, LUCIENNE The Modern Aspect of Mathematics. Basic Books, Nueva York, 1960.
FREUND. JOHN E. A Modern Introduction to Mathematics. Prentice Hall, Nueva York, 1956.
KLINE, MORRIS Mathematics and the Physical World. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Nueva
York, 1959.
KLINE, MORRIS Mathematics In Western Culture. Oxford University Press, Nueva York.
1953.
NEWMAN, JAMES, R. The World of Mathematics (4 vols.). Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1956.
STEIN, SHERMAN K. Mathematics, the Man-Made Universe. W. H. Freeman & Company, San
Francisco, 1963.
VALENS. EVANS G. The Number of Things. Dutton & Co. Nueva York, 1964.
GENERALIDADES
ASIMOV, ISAAC Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Doubleday &
Company Nueva York, 1964.
ASIMOV, ISAAC Life and Energy. Doubleday & Company, Nueva York, 1962.
ASIMOV, ISAAC The Words of Science. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.
CABLE, E. J. y col. The Physical Sciences. Prentice-Hall, Nueva York, 1959.
GAMOV, GEORGE Matter, Earth, and Sky. Prentice-Hall, Nueva York, 1958.
HUTCHINGS, EDWARD, JR. (director), Frontiers in Sciente, Basic Books, Nueva York, 1958.
SHAPLEV, HARLOW, RAPPORT, A Treasury of Science (4ta. ed.). Harper & Brothers, Nueva York, 1958.

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SAMUEL, y WRIGHT, HELEN

(directores)
SLABAUGH, W. H. y BUTLER, A. B. College Physical Science. Prentice-Hall, Nueva York, 1958.
WATSON, JANE WERNER The World of Science. Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1958.

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