What Should I Know? series
I Have Cataracts: What Should I Know?
Understand the diagnosis, lens options and the questions to ask before surgery.
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Visión de lejos
Take a step back. Keep asking questions.
An open conversation with readers who prefer understanding to snap judgements. Pablo Artal brings together his columns on science, university life, society and everyday experience in volumes that can be read independently.
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What Should I Know? series
Science, experience and clarity to make the best decisions.
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Visión de lejos series · Volume II
Visión de lejos II
Seguir mirando
Sixty columns from 2023–2025 on science, artificial intelligence, university life and everyday experience.
Spanish edition · Ebook and hardcover
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Visión de lejos series · Volume I
Visión de lejos I
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Sixty columns observing the world with perspective, curiosity and wit.
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Cataracts: understanding your options
Pablo Artal talks with Ángeles Gómez about cataracts, quality of vision and the questions behind his book I Have Cataracts: What Should I Know?
LA VERDAD · 6 SEPTEMBER 2026
«La ilusión va en el ADN de todo científico»
A conversation with Pablo Artal about science, curiosity and the research vocation, published on the occasion of Visión de lejos and I Have Cataracts: What Should I Know?
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