{"id":20655,"date":"2020-10-03T14:58:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T14:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/libros-que-nos-inspiran\/libros-que-nos-inspiran-curiosidad-que-todo-nos-interesa-philip-ball"},"modified":"2020-10-03T14:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T14:58:46","slug":"libros-que-nos-inspiran-curiosidad-por-qu-todo-nos-interesa-de-philip-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/libros-que-nos-inspiran-curiosidad-por-qu-todo-nos-interesa-de-philip-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Books that inspire us: &#039;Curiosity: Why everything interests us&#039; by Philip Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/79266e\/dibujo20150805-small-book-cover-curiosidad-philip-ball\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Libros que nos inspiran: 'Curiosidad: Por qu\u00e9 todo nos interesa\u2019 de Philip Ball\">\n    <\/p>\n<p>Del anhelo epist\u00e9mico o, de forma m\u00e1s prosaica, la curiosidad por saber es de lo que trata uno de los \u00faltimos libros del prol\u00edfico <strong>Philip Ball<\/strong>. De por qu\u00e9 sentimos curiosidad, de por qu\u00e9 nos interesa, potencialmente, todo. El t\u00edtulo bajo el cual ha recogido Ball su grueso ensayo no podr\u00eda ser otro: <em>Curiosity<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Episteme<\/h2>\n<p>In <em>Curiosity<\/em>, Ball tambi\u00e9n recorre los hitos de astr\u00f3nomos, qu\u00edmicos o f\u00edsicos que, en un mundo donde la curiosidad estaba mal vista a rebufo del pecado original cometido por la Eva b\u00edblica, optaron por retirar las sombras, preguntarse el por qu\u00e9 de las cosas, sustituir la magia y la sofister\u00eda por evidencias. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!-- PIVOT START --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-container\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-figure\">\n   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Curiosidad. Por qu\u00e9 todo nos interesa (Noema)\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41vqvbRpRAL.jpg\">\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-summary\">\n<p class=\"pivot-ecommerce-desc\">Curiosidad. Por qu\u00e9 todo nos interesa (Noema)<\/p>\n<div class=\"pivot-actions js-pivot-actions\">\n<div class=\"pivot-actions-row\">\n <a rel=\"nofollow\" data-asin=\"B00HCO5S18\" data-store=\"Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.es%2Fdp%2FB00HCO5S18&amp;category=libros-que-nos-inspiran&amp;pivot=1\" title=\"Price updated today\" class=\"pivot-action-primary js-pivot-action\">Today on Amazon for \u20ac12.34<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pivot-actions-row\">\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- PIVOT END --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fueron h\u00e9roes porque algunos pioneros en la Edad Media pagaron, en ocasiones con la vida, un exceso de curiosidad<\/strong>. Por ejemplo, la historia de Kepler, quien perseverando revel\u00f3 la estructura de los movimientos de los planetas, alejando a la Tierra del centro del Universo. O la odisea de Galileo, que se enfrent\u00f3 a la Iglesia tras ver con sus propios ojos, gracias a un modesto telescopio, c\u00f3mo eran la Luna y algunos planetas. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<p>La vida de Robert Hooke nos revelar\u00e1 c\u00f3mo una persona sin apenas recursos puede convertirse en una persona relevante en la ciencia, usando como \u00fanico motor su curiosidad innata.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/55e337\/71xxodn6xol\/450_1000.jpg\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ball describes in detail the shine in the eyes of these characters, <strong>y lo hace con cercan\u00eda y rigor<\/strong>. No en vano, Ball pertenece a esta estirpe de hombres: es qu\u00edmico y doctor en F\u00edsica por la Universidad de Bristol. Editor de la revista Nature, colabora regularmente con New Scientist y otras publicaciones cient\u00edficas. Es, adem\u00e1s, miembro del departamento de Qu\u00edmica del University College de Londres.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><script>\n (function() {\n  window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {};\n  var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n  if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) {\n   var instagramScript = document.createElement('script');\n   instagramScript.src = 'https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js';\n   instagramScript.async = true;\n   instagramScript.defer = true;\n   headElement.appendChild(instagramScript);\n  }\n })();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/libros-que-nos-inspiran\/libros-que-nos-inspiran-curiosidad-que-todo-nos-interesa-philip-ball?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=03_Oct_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> Libros que nos inspiran: &#8216;Curiosidad: Por qu\u00e9 todo nos interesa\u2019 de Philip Ball <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=03_Oct_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a\n       href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=03_Oct_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/Ay497fMbR1Q\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/79266e\/dibujo20150805-small-book-cover-curiosidad-philip-ball\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Libros que nos inspiran: 'Curiosidad: Por qu&eacute; todo nos interesa&rsquo; de Philip Ball\"><\/p>\n<p>Epistemic longing or, more prosaically, curiosity to know is what one of the latest books by the prolific author is about. <strong>Philip Ball<\/strong>. About why we are curious, about why we are interested in, potentially, everything. The title under which Ball has collected his thick essay could not be any other: <em>Curiosity<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Episteme<\/h2>\n<p>In <em>Curiosity<\/em>, Ball also covers the milestones of astronomers, chemists or physicists who, in a world where curiosity was frowned upon in the wake of the original sin committed by the biblical Eve, chose to remove the shadows, ask the why of things, replace the magic and sophistry by evidence. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!-- PIVOT START --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Curiosidad. Por qu&eacute; todo nos interesa (Noema)\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41vqvbRpRAL.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Curiosity. Why everything interests us (Noema)<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n <a rel=\"nofollow\" data-asin=\"B00HCO5S18\" data-store=\"Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.es%2Fdp%2FB00HCO5S18&amp;category=libros-que-nos-inspiran&amp;pivot=1\" title=\"Price updated today\">Today on Amazon for \u20ac12.34<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- PIVOT END --><\/p>\n<p><strong>They were heroes because some pioneers in the Middle Ages paid, sometimes with their lives, for an excess of curiosity.<\/strong>. For example, the story of Kepler, who by persevering revealed the structure of the movements of the planets, moving the Earth away from the center of the Universe. Or the odyssey of Galileo, who confronted the Church after seeing with his own eyes, thanks to a modest telescope, what the Moon and some planets were like. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<p>The life of Robert Hooke will reveal to us how a person with hardly any resources can become a relevant person in science, using their innate curiosity as the only driving force.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/55e337\/71xxodn6xol\/450_1000.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ball describes in detail the shine in the eyes of these characters, <strong>and he does it with closeness and rigor<\/strong>. Not in vain, Ball belongs to this lineage of men: he is a chemist and a doctor in Physics from the University of Bristol. Editor of Nature magazine, he regularly contributes to New Scientist and other scientific publications. He is also a member of the Chemistry department at University College London.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/libros-que-nos-inspiran\/libros-que-nos-inspiran-curiosidad-que-todo-nos-interesa-philip-ball?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=03_Oct_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> Books that inspire us: &#039;Curiosity: Why everything interests us&#039; by Philip Ball <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=03_Oct_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=03_Oct_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/Ay497fMbR1Q\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-portal-3"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20655"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20986,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20655\/revisions\/20986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}