Imagen publicitaria del Marco de Jerez (1868-1936). Un retrato de la época Volum

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

La literatura primero, pero también el cine y el cómic, han hecho de la figura del "científico loco" un estereotipo que reconocemos con facilidad. Sin embargo, como todos los estereotipos, se funda en una amalgama de imaginaciones y habladurías provenientes de personajes y hechos reales que les dieron pie. Nacido con la ciencia "moderna", se nutre desde el siglo XVIII de centenares de personajes y experimentos, a veces peligrosos, a veces geniales, a veces ridículos, que, motivados siempre por el deseo de conocer, de comprender, de saber, han transitado de forma arriesgada zonas...

Publicado pela primeira vez em 1968, é um clássico e esclarecedor estudo sobre a história da política contemporânea. Escrito por Peter Calvocoressi, uma figura de destaque mundial no campo das relações internacionais, participante do Julgamento de Nuremberg e professor de Relações Internacionais na Universidade de Sussex, Grã-Bretanha, este livro é essencial para a formação de historiadores, cientistas políticos, sociólogos, jornalistas e leitores em geral. Aclamado pelo The Sunday Times pelo seu rigor e pela riqueza magistral do seu conteúdo, apresenta um panorama geral e...