The colonization of the Americas, Protestantism, and the Catholic Counter-Reformation are the three pillars of the sixteenth century around which the diverse human experiences of individuals unfold.In Spain, entire families of colonists and explorers found themselves having to deal with the destruction of pre-Columbian civilizations by the conquistadors, and the blunder of Charles V's Universal Empire was not unanimously approved.Few would seek a balance with those population...

The century marking the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern era opens with a feudal legacy stemming from the internal divisions of France and England, still embroiled in the Hundred Years' War.Between mutual betrayals and the mystical figure of Joan of Arc, this historical transition marks the arrival of gunpowder in Europe, marking one of the world's epochal changes.Along with it, the invention of movable type printing and the fall of the Eastern Empire pave the wa...

The relationship between the Papacy and power that marked the period of the Avignon Papacy and the conditions that would spark the Hundred Years' War form the backdrop to the events of a French family of Norman origin torn between the concreteness of money and the revolutionary ideas of William of Ockham.These divergent paths were the seeds of future great rivalries between France and England, which began to emerge in the fourteenth century.The middle of the century was domin...

The first half of the thirteenth century is characterized by the sudden rise of the greatest empire ever.The Mongols of Genghis Khan overwhelm entire civilizations, but their military supremacy will give rise to an ephemeral world, one that a family of horse breeders will understand well, suspended between tradition and the necessary integration with superior cultures defeated in battle.In Europe, the central part of the century is dominated by the intellectual figure of Thom...

This book presents the main aspects of cosmology such as:the cosmological principle, Hubble's law and the recession of galaxiesNewtonian and relativistic cosmologythe problems of flatness and the horizon, the De Sitter and Lemaitre modelsthe cosmological theories of the Big Bang and steady statecosmological thermodynamics and cosmological erasthe role of dark matter

"Once Upon a Time in America" is Sergio Leone's latest film, what the director himself defined as "my cinema".With a very troubled gestation, so much so that it took fifteen years from the first idea to the final realization, and with an overall duration much longer than the normal extension of a cinematographic film, this film turns into a discussion on time, in a way of transposing, with the infinite wisdom of those who know how to mix music and photography, scenography and color,...

This manual explains the fundamental concepts for understanding natural gas pricesIn particular, the following topics are covered:what is natural gas, what are the reference markets and prices, what are the fundamentals of gas based on production, consumption, exports and stocks, what influences the price and insights into the financial instruments available. The obvious and obvious conclusion will be that natural gas is a very particular raw material with peculiarities not f...

Most of mathematics is presented in this book, starting from the basic and elementary concepts to probing the more complex and advanced areas.Mathematics is approached both from a theoretical point of view, expounding theorems and definitions of each particular type, and on a practical level, going on to solve more than 1,000 exercises.The approach to mathematics is given by progressive knowledge, exposing the various chapters in a logical order so that the reader can build a...

"Wandering Lives" is the exciting tale of seven women who intersect their existences with History and the events characterizing their endless wandering.Maria, Jana and Agnes, by a strange will of chance, brush past each other's experiences without noticing each other.Brought together by the tragic course of the 20th Century, they have not lost hope in the future.Evelyn, Dafina, and Serena find themselves overwhelmed by contemporary society that forces them not to ancho...

In this book, exercises are carried out regarding the following mathematical topics:complex numberssolving third degree equationshyperbolic functions and propertiesInitial theoretical hints are also presented to make the performance of the exercises understood.

In this book, exercises are carried out regarding the following physics topics:quantum mechanics and solutions of Schrodinger's equationoperator vision and spinmulti-particle systemsquantum field theory

In this book, exercises are carried out regarding the following mathematical topics:derivatives and differential calculusgeometric and physical applications of derivativesremarkable theorems of differential calculusInitial theoretical hints are also presented to make the performance of the exercises understood