Zhang, G.; Morales, J.; Verdugo-Escamilla, C.; García-Ruiz, J. M., Macla 2015, 20, 153-154. Here, we present the morphological study of the silica-calcium monohydrocalcite biomorphs obtained at different temperatures. [Download paper]
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Sobre los Experimentos de Creación de Vida de Andrew Crosse
Garcia-Ruiz, J. M., Macla 2015, 20, 61-62. Uno de los personajes más exitosos y conocidos de la historia de la literatura y el cine de ficción es el creado por la escritora Mary Shelley en 1817 en su libro “Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo”. Paradójicamente, uno de los científicos menos conocidos y más misteriosos de la historia de la ciencia británica es Andrew Crosse, el individuo real en el que, según se suele afirmar, Mary…
Read MoreTeaching High School students at Limuru
During the first trip to the Rift Valley of the Prometheus Project, I asked my Kenyan contact Patricia Gitari to seek for the possibility to organize an event to transfer high school teachers in Kenya my experience in popularization and teaching of crystallography. She did a great work, and she organized in Limuru, a town near Nairobi, an exceptional event. She was able to attract more than 150 students and teachers from different schools of…
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