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Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas Feliz de quem pode conhecer a causa das coisas (Virgílio: Georgicas, 2,490) Desde o início dos tempos, nas narrativas babilônicas da criação do mundo, no livro bíblico Gênesis, os seres humanos demonstram sua vocação natural para investigar as coisas do mundo: sobre os elementos físicos, como a água e a terra, e sobre os seres vivos, como as árvores e os animais. A história mítica de nossa criação contempla o espírito transcendentemente humano de denominar e dominar as coisas via conhecimento de mundo natural. Essa necessidade prima de conhecer, de descobrir as coisas que cercam nosso meio ambiente físico e social tem sido fundante p...
Fruto de oito anos de minuciosas pesquisas, esta biografia apaixonada do compositor de "Sebastiana" mostra a versatilidade rítmica, a maestria, a criatividade das composições e o carisma do "pai do forró", que influenciou músicos brasileiros das mais diversas gerações, de Gilberto Gil a Lenine, passando por Alceu Valença, Moraes Moreira, João Bosco, Chico César, Cascabulho e Mestre Ambrósio, entre outros.
Clinical Perspectives on Reflective Parenting addresses the reasons for focusing on understanding a child's emotional world as a way of becoming a more effective parent. The book also addresses techniques for assisting parents to accomplish this understanding.
This Encyclopedia of Tropical Biology and Conservation Management is a component of the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Tropical environments cover the most part of still preserved natural areas of the Earth. The greatest biodiversity, as in terms of animals and plants, as microorganisms, is placed in these hot and rainy ecosystems spread up and below the Equator line. Additionally, the most part of food products, with vegetal or animal origin, that sustain nowadays human beings is direct or undirected dependent of tropical productivity. Biodiversity should be looked at and evaluated not only in terms of numb...
Biopolymer Membranes and Films: Health, Food, Environment, and Energy Applications presents the latest techniques for the design and preparation of biopolymer-based membranes and films, leading to a range of cutting-edge applications. The first part of the book introduces the fundamentals of biopolymers, two-dimensional systems, and the characterization of biopolymer membranes and films, considering physicochemical, mechanical and barrier properties. Subsequent sections are organized by application area, with each chapter explaining how biopolymer-based membranes or films can be developed for specific innovative uses across the health, food, environmental and energy sectors. This book is a v...
Maybe you are one of the more than 45 million people in the United States who is currently struggling with depression. Maybe anxiety keeps you from truly enjoying your job, your relationships, your life. Maybe every change you have tried to make seems to have failed and you are beginning to feel as if change is simply not possible. Author David J. Hellerstein uses the term New Neuropsychiatry to refer to a dramatically different approach to help people who have depression and anxiety disorders. Unlike Old Psychiatry, which often focused on early life issues, the New Neuropsychiatry focuses on improving present-day life and on achieving long-term remission of symptoms. Heal Your Brain combine...
Nessa introdução, João Batista Libanio aborda os elementos basilares dessa disciplina teológica, seu percurso histórico até a atualidade e suas perspectivas e desafios diante da evolução cultural e do quadro religioso contemporâneo.