Simetría roja, Pilar Moreno. Poetry within Theorems. Poetry is the literary genre that is most closely allied with mathematical style. Among the works of great poets
John Robinson’s Symbolic Sculpture. J. Robinson’s symbolic sculpture is inspired by a diversity of mathematical motifs. The author looks at two of these in particular: the
Volcano, per Javier Barrallo. Encara que les imatges fractals són creades típicament amb un aspecte bidimensional, és possible simular una imatge amb aspecte tridimensional utilitzant
Music and Mathematics. The important link between music and mathematics has varied throughout History. During the XX Century, some composers have sought inspiration using mathematics as
Architecture and Mathematics, Geometry and Art: from Gaudí to Gehry. Architecture has been indebted to geometric surfaces since ancient times, as books of descriptive
A World in your Pocket: Santiago Calatrava’s folding Geometry. In Santiago Calatrava’s work the mathematical ideas do not just appear in the computations needed to carry
Al llarg de la història i en totes les cultures, l’art i les matemàtiques han estat profundament relacionats. Això no té res d’estrany perquè beuen
Repopulating the Catalan Pyrenees: A wish or reality? Recent years have seen a slowing down in the recessive trend of the population
The ones who “went to reap palms”… the palm reapers of Olocau. The palm reapers of Olocau (located
Life in the mountains. This concept encompasses a reality that goes beyond a house or group of houses spread around the mountainside. Rather it envelops the
Martí Domínguez Mas de la Cambreta, als peus del Penyagolosa, en plena nevada d'hivern. "Coldscapes", Lanscapes of the Cold.
Torrentó de drenatge associat a un camp de marjades de Deià durant el temporal del 15 de novembre de 2001. L’efecte regulador de revingudes dels terrenys
Neglected lands, abandoned countryside and erosion. The effect that land abandonment has on soil erosion is reviewed by the author, supported by his research which spans more
Foto: M. Domínguez L’abandonament del món rural durant aquest segle, i especialment en la segona
Persistent organic pollutants and their accumulation in the biosphere. The manufacture and use, since 1940, of a series of pesticides and industrial organic products with high levels of chlorination has
Desertification processes in the context of global change. Desertification, the degradation of the soils in arid, semiarid and sub-humid zones, threatens 40% of the Earth’s surface, which is inhabited by
[caption id="attachment_11071" align="alignleft" width="200"] Figura 2. Profileració massiva de l’alga Alexandrium taylori a la platja de la Fosca de Palamós durant l’estiu de 2001. Imatge de les actuacions de vigilància
Als nostres rius habita una fauna rica i diversa que compta amb un gran nombre d'espècies, però la seua conservació és cada cop més difícil.
Arqueus. Organismes procariotes que solen trobar-se en hàbitats extrems (alta temperatura, pressió i salinitat)
What about the other genomes? 1995 saw the publication of the first complete genome sequences of prokaryotic cells and a year later the first sequences of an eukaryotic organism were
The genome and the complexity of living beings. The genome of an organism is the total dna content of its cells, including genes and intergenic regions. In prokaryotes (Archaea and
The biology of “sex-appeal”: mate selection in humans. Until recently, it was thought that standards for physical
El punt de no retorn: present i futur de la sexualitat humana. Actualment, la selecció natural continua influint en les poblacions humanes, condicionant la nostra forma de ser i el