by Isaac Asimov · Grupo Anaya Publicaciones Generales · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420673318
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«Los lagartos terribles y otros ensayos científicos» is a collection of scientific essays by Isaac Asimov published by Alianza Editorial in paperback.
The book brings together popular science essays on varied scientific topics: dinosaurs and other extinct species, metals, the formation of the Earth's crust and the relativity of geographical conventions. It also includes an ironic reflection on the difficulties of mathematics, with Fermat's theorem and factorials as examples.
The translation is by Francisco Morán Samaniego. The work is part of the El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias collection.
Suitable for readers interested in popular science and the work of Isaac Asimov.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
