Trío de eclipses en el CSIC

The Iberian Peninsula is about to witness a very rare astronomical event: between 2026 and 2028, two total solar eclipses—unseen for more than a century—and one annular eclipse will be observable. On the occasion of these three highly anticipated cosmic spectacles, the CSIC has committed to a range of publications and a program of talks, concerts, and other eclipse-related activities.
One of these publications is the book Eclipses. The Sun and Its Eclipses in Science, History, and the Arts. The volume offers a multidisciplinary journey to discover how observing our star and its eclipses has advanced scientific knowledge and inspired myths, legends, and works of art. It is published by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU), the CSIC, the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC), the National Geographic Institute (IGN), and Geoplaneta, and coordinated by Rafael Bachiller, director of the National Astronomical Observatory (OAN-IGN).
For curious and younger minds, illustrator Noemí Fabra has created the book Eclipses. When the Light Disappears. This publication belongs to the illustrated album collection Curious Minds. Inquisitive Minds (CSIC-Zahorí) and features scientific guidance from CSIC astrophysicist Montserrat Villar. Noemí Fabra presents beautiful scenes that recreate the unique atmosphere during an eclipse, along with detailed diagrams that explain in a simple and rigorous way this dance of the Sun, Moon, and planets. The book is published in Spanish, Galician, Catalan, and Basque.
Meanwhile, the collection What Do We Know About? offers a guide to not miss a single detail of this astronomical trio. Researcher Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, authors Solar Eclipses, a pocket-format publication that gathers essential information to fully enjoy the event and observe eclipses safely. The text also includes a comprehensive chronology of eclipses throughout history and explains how they have contributed to the advancement of knowledge.

Science for Policy Reports

Recently, lots of Governments around the world go to the scientific community for advice to try to provide an answer to topics that, as poverty or climate change, are social concerns, but also problems that researchers are trying to understand. The covid-19 pandemic is an example of this practice, because there was an answer on behalf of scientists that not only showed the ability to bring new knowledges to the service of the citizenship, but also was patent of its great interest and motivation to do it.

The male and female researchers of CSIC, individually or collectively organized, participate in several hundreds of governmental counseling committees in all Administration levels, also in the European area and in all areas of public policy, such as sanitary, social, agriculture, fisheries, feeding, foreign policy, security, environmental, energetic, cultural, digital or the scientific policy itself, among others. Thanks to this counselling, the public authorities can know how much fishing quotas should be limited, how to manage aquariums, how many vaccines would be necessary to reach immunity or what aspects should be financed to make further progress in the fight against cancer.

White Papers

CSIC Scientific Challenges: Towards 2030

What are the significant scientific challenges of the first half of the 21st century? Can we establish the priorities for the future? How should the scientific community tackle them?

These books present the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) reflections on 14 strategic themes established based on their scientific impact and social importance.

Fundamental questions are addressed, including the origin of life, the exploration of the universe, artificial intelligence, the development of clean, safe, efficient energy, or the understanding of brain function. The documents identify complex challenges in health and social sciences, and the selected strategic themes cover both fundamental issues and potential applications of knowledge.

Nearly 1,100 researchers from more than 100 CSIC centers and other institutions (public research organizations, universities, etc.) have participated in this analysis. All agree on the need for a multidisciplinary approach and the promotion of collaborative research to implement ambitious projects focused on specific topics.

These 14 “White Papers,” designed to serve as a frame of reference for the development of the institution’s scientific strategy, will provide an insight into the research currently being accomplished at the CSIC, and at the same time, build a global vision of what will be the critical scientific challenges over the next decade.

Editorial CSIC

Publication year: 2017

Language: Spanish

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Available in the catalog: 07/05/2017

Rodrigo Moreno Botella

Publication year: 2021

Language: Spanish

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Available in the catalog: 06/14/2021

Edition: Carolina Martín Albaladejo; Isabel Izquierdo Moya

Publication year: 2011

Language: Spanish

This volume in the series of monographs by the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales [National Museum of the Natural Sciences] is dedicated to Manuel Martinez de la Escalera, a renowned naturalist and ...

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Available in the catalog: 04/25/2012

Coordination: María José Costa; Rainer Schödel

Publication year: 2021

Language: English

Understanding the basic components of the Universe, its structure, and evolution is one of the noblest and most ambitious undertakings of humanity. The fundamental laws of nature are the basis of all ...

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Available in the catalog: 10/06/2021

Edition: Esteban Moreno Gómez

Publication year: 2012

Language: Spanish

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Available in the catalog: 04/20/2012

José M. de la Rosa

Publication year: 2021

Language: Spanish

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Available in the catalog: 09/03/2021