What is a quantum dot chemist? What does he or she do?Meet Sandy, a kid like you and me, who grew up wanting to become a school teacher. Then she discovered she loved doing chemistry. Now, she does chemistry research and teaches chemistry to college students. Learn how Sandy discovered a quantum dot that emits white light and how she is working to use quantum dots to track the movement of medicines in brains. And learn how Sandy suffered from seasonal bipolar disorder and then, wit...

The Who Me? series features inspirational biographies of scientists who young readers will be able to identify with as people like themselves. Written by the scientists themselves and co-authors from Vanderbilt University, the books are designed to help young readers understand that scientists are regular people like themselves who are excited about learning and discovering new things and who decided to work hard in school in order to create for themselves the opportunity to become scienti...

Esta obra propone un recorrido por una colección de artículos doctrinarios elaborados por prestigiosos especialistas que abordan con un enfoque claro, práctico y dinámico varios temas controvertidos: la forma de pago de la cuota alimentaria y su actualización, los intereses, la retroactividad, la obligación del "progenitor afín", los efectos del incumplimiento, el reclamo por parte de la mujer embarazada, los alimentos para el hijo mayor que se capacita, las medidas cautelares y aquellas p...

Due to the unprecedented interest which the announcement of the topic of epistemology evoked from contributors, two annual volumes will be devoted to it. This volume accordingly is entitled Epistemology I, and the next volume will be entitled Epistemology II. The Editor KNOWING IN THE STRONG SENSE PETER M. BURKHOLDER Professor Norman Malcolm has defended what he calls "the strong sense" of "know." 1 It is one of the propositional senses; i.e. what is said to be known, in this sense, is an ...