La mitología griega

Por los mismos años en que Sigmund Freud experimentaba frenéticamente en Viena con la recién descubierta y publicitada “droga maravilla”, la cocaína, un ignoto químico limeño, Alfredo Bignon, ponía en jaque con sus investigaciones al monopolio de la producción mundial de la cocaína, en poder de los laboratorios alemanes. El padre del psicoanálisis apenas podía costear la droga, pero el olvidado peruano redujo su costo en cien veces en menos de diez años. El libro de Paul Gootenberg abarca unos 150 años de historia, desde aquellas primeras investigaciones realizadas en Lima...

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En Guerras y civilizaciones, Gérard Chaliand sintetiza quince años de investigación en un impresionante análisis histórico, estratégico y sociológico de la guerra, ofreciéndonos una obra indispensable para comprender el origen y la naturaleza de las crisis y conflictos que afectan actualmente al orden mundial. ¿Cómo se formaron los imperios, más allá de las fronteras europeas? ¿Qué parte de las victorias o derrotas que pasaron a la historia corresponde a los hombres, a la estrategia o al armamento? ¿Qué papel jugaron los pueblos nómadas y sus herederos? Especialista en el...