Author: Ignasi Llorente Briones
Publisher: Almuzara
ISBN: 9788419414045
Category : Science
Languages : es
Pages : 0
Book Description
Immerse yourself in the life and legacy of history's great scientists. How did they live? How did they change the course of humanity with their ideas and discoveries? How did they cope with a society that often dismissed them as madmen? Ignasi Llorente transports us to the highlights of the history of science, recreating the most exciting episodes in the lives of these geniuses. He dismantles myths, unveils their advances, helps us to understand the historical importance of each one and the essence of their theories. We will discover how Thales of Miletus was able to avoid a war thanks to his mastery of astronomy. We will observe the vast sky with Brahe, Kepler and Galileo, pioneers who revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. We will feel the suffering of Lavoisier during his unjust trial by death, illustrating the struggle of many visionaries in the face of resistance to societal change. We will witness Darwin's burial in majestic Westminster Abbey, alongside Newton, honoring those whose ideas changed the way we understand the world, and we will even witness, with emotion, the laboratory of Robert Dicke, who tuned his television set to the world's oldest sound... the uncanny echo of the big bang. Through these gripping stories, Llorente reveals the intimate lives and lasting legacies of these exceptional scientists. His humane and insightful approach invites us to challenge misperceptions, appreciate genius, and understand the impact they have had on our society and on the progress of humanity. A unique look into the fascinating world of the history of science.
La Historia de la Ciencia Como Nunca Te La Han Contado
Author: Ignasi Llorente Briones
Publisher: Almuzara
ISBN: 9788419414045
Category : Science
Languages : es
Pages : 0
Book Description
Immerse yourself in the life and legacy of history's great scientists. How did they live? How did they change the course of humanity with their ideas and discoveries? How did they cope with a society that often dismissed them as madmen? Ignasi Llorente transports us to the highlights of the history of science, recreating the most exciting episodes in the lives of these geniuses. He dismantles myths, unveils their advances, helps us to understand the historical importance of each one and the essence of their theories. We will discover how Thales of Miletus was able to avoid a war thanks to his mastery of astronomy. We will observe the vast sky with Brahe, Kepler and Galileo, pioneers who revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. We will feel the suffering of Lavoisier during his unjust trial by death, illustrating the struggle of many visionaries in the face of resistance to societal change. We will witness Darwin's burial in majestic Westminster Abbey, alongside Newton, honoring those whose ideas changed the way we understand the world, and we will even witness, with emotion, the laboratory of Robert Dicke, who tuned his television set to the world's oldest sound... the uncanny echo of the big bang. Through these gripping stories, Llorente reveals the intimate lives and lasting legacies of these exceptional scientists. His humane and insightful approach invites us to challenge misperceptions, appreciate genius, and understand the impact they have had on our society and on the progress of humanity. A unique look into the fascinating world of the history of science.
Publisher: Almuzara
ISBN: 9788419414045
Category : Science
Languages : es
Pages : 0
Book Description
Immerse yourself in the life and legacy of history's great scientists. How did they live? How did they change the course of humanity with their ideas and discoveries? How did they cope with a society that often dismissed them as madmen? Ignasi Llorente transports us to the highlights of the history of science, recreating the most exciting episodes in the lives of these geniuses. He dismantles myths, unveils their advances, helps us to understand the historical importance of each one and the essence of their theories. We will discover how Thales of Miletus was able to avoid a war thanks to his mastery of astronomy. We will observe the vast sky with Brahe, Kepler and Galileo, pioneers who revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. We will feel the suffering of Lavoisier during his unjust trial by death, illustrating the struggle of many visionaries in the face of resistance to societal change. We will witness Darwin's burial in majestic Westminster Abbey, alongside Newton, honoring those whose ideas changed the way we understand the world, and we will even witness, with emotion, the laboratory of Robert Dicke, who tuned his television set to the world's oldest sound... the uncanny echo of the big bang. Through these gripping stories, Llorente reveals the intimate lives and lasting legacies of these exceptional scientists. His humane and insightful approach invites us to challenge misperceptions, appreciate genius, and understand the impact they have had on our society and on the progress of humanity. A unique look into the fascinating world of the history of science.
The Story of Science
Author: Jack Challoner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742522807
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A guide to the history of science, introducing the major scientists and their key discoveries. It's an inspiring, accessible and informative introduction, a tour of the world of science that dwells at each stop on the journey.The Story of Science is like the televised highlights of an important soccer match. Watch the highlights, and you get a sense of the whole match in just a few minutes.A perfect introduction to science for young minds.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742522807
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A guide to the history of science, introducing the major scientists and their key discoveries. It's an inspiring, accessible and informative introduction, a tour of the world of science that dwells at each stop on the journey.The Story of Science is like the televised highlights of an important soccer match. Watch the highlights, and you get a sense of the whole match in just a few minutes.A perfect introduction to science for young minds.
My Body
Author: Emily Ratajkowski
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250817870
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "My Body offers a lucid examination of the mirrors in which its author has seen herself, and her indoctrination into the cult of beauty as defined by powerful men. In its more transcendent passages . . . the author steps beyond the reach of any 'Pygmalion' and becomes a more dangerous kind of beautiful. She becomes a kind of god in her own right: an artist." —Melissa Febos, The New York Times Book Review A "MOST ANTICIPATED" AND "BEST OF FALL 2021" BOOK FOR * VOGUE * TIME * ESQUIRE * PEOPLE * USA TODAY * CHICAGO TRIBUNE * LOS ANGELES TIMES * SHONDALAND * ALMA * THRILLEST * NYLON * FORTUNE A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age twenty-one, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. The subsequent evolution in her thinking about our culture’s commodification of women is the subject of this book. My Body is a profoundly personal exploration of feminism, sexuality, and power, of men's treatment of women and women's rationalizations for accepting that treatment. These essays chronicle moments from Ratajkowski’s life while investigating the culture’s fetishization of girls and female beauty, its obsession with and contempt for women’s sexuality, the perverse dynamics of the fashion and film industries, and the gray area between consent and abuse. Nuanced, fierce, and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a writer brimming with courage and intelligence.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250817870
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "My Body offers a lucid examination of the mirrors in which its author has seen herself, and her indoctrination into the cult of beauty as defined by powerful men. In its more transcendent passages . . . the author steps beyond the reach of any 'Pygmalion' and becomes a more dangerous kind of beautiful. She becomes a kind of god in her own right: an artist." —Melissa Febos, The New York Times Book Review A "MOST ANTICIPATED" AND "BEST OF FALL 2021" BOOK FOR * VOGUE * TIME * ESQUIRE * PEOPLE * USA TODAY * CHICAGO TRIBUNE * LOS ANGELES TIMES * SHONDALAND * ALMA * THRILLEST * NYLON * FORTUNE A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age twenty-one, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. The subsequent evolution in her thinking about our culture’s commodification of women is the subject of this book. My Body is a profoundly personal exploration of feminism, sexuality, and power, of men's treatment of women and women's rationalizations for accepting that treatment. These essays chronicle moments from Ratajkowski’s life while investigating the culture’s fetishization of girls and female beauty, its obsession with and contempt for women’s sexuality, the perverse dynamics of the fashion and film industries, and the gray area between consent and abuse. Nuanced, fierce, and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a writer brimming with courage and intelligence.
Quipu
Preludios
Author: Santiago Miralles Huete
Publisher: Turner
ISBN: 8415427638
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
¿De qué hablaban Mozart y Da Ponte mientras componían? ¿Qué palabras amargas se dijeron Verdi y el duque de Rivas frente al Teatro Real de Madrid en la víspera de estrenar La forza del destino? ¿Por qué dejaron de compartir habitación Musorsgky y Rimsky-Korsakov? ¿Tenía envidia Haendel de Bach, o tenía miedo, o solo le dio pereza recibirle y por eso nunca llegaron ni a saludarse? ¿Cómo se tomaba Liszt las críticas de Berlioz? ¿Qué dijo Schubert, un poco borracho, el día del entierro de Beethoven? Las respuestas a estas preguntas... no las tenemos con certeza. Pero el autor de este libro las ha imaginado ayudado por las cartas, las biografías, los testimonios de la época y la obra de los compositores y artistas que protagonizan este libro. Con verdadera admiración y cariño hacia sus personajes, buen pulso narrativo, sentido del humor y atención al detalle, Santiago Miralles Huete firma 24 preludios (y una inesperada "fuga" final) que componen una historia de la música clásica. Alternativa, literaria, imaginada si se quiere, pero fiel y documentada. Un verdadero festín para melómanos de todos los géneros y todas las edades.
Publisher: Turner
ISBN: 8415427638
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
¿De qué hablaban Mozart y Da Ponte mientras componían? ¿Qué palabras amargas se dijeron Verdi y el duque de Rivas frente al Teatro Real de Madrid en la víspera de estrenar La forza del destino? ¿Por qué dejaron de compartir habitación Musorsgky y Rimsky-Korsakov? ¿Tenía envidia Haendel de Bach, o tenía miedo, o solo le dio pereza recibirle y por eso nunca llegaron ni a saludarse? ¿Cómo se tomaba Liszt las críticas de Berlioz? ¿Qué dijo Schubert, un poco borracho, el día del entierro de Beethoven? Las respuestas a estas preguntas... no las tenemos con certeza. Pero el autor de este libro las ha imaginado ayudado por las cartas, las biografías, los testimonios de la época y la obra de los compositores y artistas que protagonizan este libro. Con verdadera admiración y cariño hacia sus personajes, buen pulso narrativo, sentido del humor y atención al detalle, Santiago Miralles Huete firma 24 preludios (y una inesperada "fuga" final) que componen una historia de la música clásica. Alternativa, literaria, imaginada si se quiere, pero fiel y documentada. Un verdadero festín para melómanos de todos los géneros y todas las edades.
Enciclopedia Salvat de Ciencias Me(dicas
La prisión, elige tu propia aventura
Author: Ramón Díez Galán
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041426384
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Es tu primer día en la prisión, solo hay una cosa que tienes clara: debes escapar.Tus decisiones son importantes, la historia dependerá de ellas, el libro contiene 31 finales diferentes. En la prisión todo el mundo actúa por interés, quien en una historia es tu aliado, en otra historia podría matarte.Deberás pensar cuidadosamente qué camino deseas tomar.Los estudiantes de español pueden leer el libro a partir del nivel B2/C1.
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041426384
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Es tu primer día en la prisión, solo hay una cosa que tienes clara: debes escapar.Tus decisiones son importantes, la historia dependerá de ellas, el libro contiene 31 finales diferentes. En la prisión todo el mundo actúa por interés, quien en una historia es tu aliado, en otra historia podría matarte.Deberás pensar cuidadosamente qué camino deseas tomar.Los estudiantes de español pueden leer el libro a partir del nivel B2/C1.
Barely Missing Everything
Author: Matt Mendez
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN: 1534404465
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you—your life, brown lives—don’t matter. Juan has plans. He’s going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself—or at least find something better than his mom Fabi’s cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a dead dad. Basketball is going to be his ticket out, his ticket up. He just needs to make it happen. His best friend JD has plans, too. He’s going to be a filmmaker one day, like Quentin Tarantino or Guillermo del Toro (NOT Steven Spielberg). He’s got a camera and he’s got passion—what else could he need? Fabi doesn’t have a plan anymore. When you get pregnant at sixteen and have been stuck bartending to make ends meet for the past seventeen years, you realize plans don’t always pan out, and that there are some things you just can’t plan for… Like Juan’s run-in with the police, like a sprained ankle, and a tanking math grade that will likely ruin his chance at a scholarship. Like JD causing the implosion of his family. Like letters from a man named Mando on death row. Like finding out this man could be the father your mother said was dead. Soon Juan and JD are embarking on a Thelma and Louise—like road trip to visit Mando. Juan will finally meet his dad, JD has a perfect subject for his documentary, and Fabi is desperate to stop them. But, as we already know, there are some things you just can’t plan for…
Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
ISBN: 1534404465
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you—your life, brown lives—don’t matter. Juan has plans. He’s going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself—or at least find something better than his mom Fabi’s cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a dead dad. Basketball is going to be his ticket out, his ticket up. He just needs to make it happen. His best friend JD has plans, too. He’s going to be a filmmaker one day, like Quentin Tarantino or Guillermo del Toro (NOT Steven Spielberg). He’s got a camera and he’s got passion—what else could he need? Fabi doesn’t have a plan anymore. When you get pregnant at sixteen and have been stuck bartending to make ends meet for the past seventeen years, you realize plans don’t always pan out, and that there are some things you just can’t plan for… Like Juan’s run-in with the police, like a sprained ankle, and a tanking math grade that will likely ruin his chance at a scholarship. Like JD causing the implosion of his family. Like letters from a man named Mando on death row. Like finding out this man could be the father your mother said was dead. Soon Juan and JD are embarking on a Thelma and Louise—like road trip to visit Mando. Juan will finally meet his dad, JD has a perfect subject for his documentary, and Fabi is desperate to stop them. But, as we already know, there are some things you just can’t plan for…
Odio a Todo el Mundo
Author: Aran Maza
Publisher: Aran Maza
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
¿Cómo es la vida de una de una auténtica perdedora?...Eva no tiene nada: ni amigos, ni perro, ni estudios, ni trabajo,además odia a sus padres y el pueblo donde vive. Más bien, odia a todo el mundo. Su deseo mas profundo es ser abducida por los extraterrestres y dejar este planeta. Pero en su vida ocurre algo mejor: encuentra trabajo. No es el mejor trabajo del mundo, es de cajera en un supermercado. Pero algo es algo. Allí conocerá a unas personas tan frikis y losers como ella y también se enamorará por primera vez.Pero las cosas no siempre son como esperabas y la vida no es como una película romántica.Una historia llena de humor, tristeza, amistad, dolor...como la vida misma.Para mayores de 16 años.
Publisher: Aran Maza
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
¿Cómo es la vida de una de una auténtica perdedora?...Eva no tiene nada: ni amigos, ni perro, ni estudios, ni trabajo,además odia a sus padres y el pueblo donde vive. Más bien, odia a todo el mundo. Su deseo mas profundo es ser abducida por los extraterrestres y dejar este planeta. Pero en su vida ocurre algo mejor: encuentra trabajo. No es el mejor trabajo del mundo, es de cajera en un supermercado. Pero algo es algo. Allí conocerá a unas personas tan frikis y losers como ella y también se enamorará por primera vez.Pero las cosas no siempre son como esperabas y la vida no es como una película romántica.Una historia llena de humor, tristeza, amistad, dolor...como la vida misma.Para mayores de 16 años.
Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I
Author: Albert Espinosa
Publisher: GRIJALBO
ISBN: 8425353548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Can you imagine a future where everyone has given up sleeping? From the creator of the television series Red Band Society and author of the international bestseller The Yellow World comes this uniquely special novel. What if I could reveal your secrets with just a glance? And what if I could feel with your heart just by looking at you? And what if --in a single moment-- I could know that we were made for each other? Marcos has just lost his mother, a famous dancer who taught him everything, and he decides that his world can never be the same without her. Just as he is about to make a radical change, a phone call turns his world upside down. Albert Espinosa has a peculiar talent for generating immediate congeniality around him, for shifting people's moods toward the positive and for reconciling them with themselves and the world, when needed. Reviews: «Albert Espinosa lives exclusively in his imagination. He uses it to write, to direct plays and films and to act. His sense of humour is as special as his way of living. An optimism as contagious as a cold.» Teresa Cendrós, El Periódico «If there's one ability Espinosa has had in all of his multifactorial creations it's his capacity to stand in other people's shoes. Empathy is his strength.» Núria Escur, La Vanguardia «Speaking with Albert teaches me many new things, such as "it is not sad to die" and that what is sad is not living, not to live it all (...). He knows whathe's talking about and knows how to tell it, and that's why his works help us to live.» Víctor M. Amela, La Vanguardia «Espinosa says what he thinks and feels, taking out any feeling from his closet in the same manner he sticks out his leg. He knows he is alive because of a miracle and that life is a short miracle. How I like this guy. His life, his theatre, his gambles, humour and his courage. There's no one else like him.» Marcos Ordóñez, El País «A militant of life, an engineer of art.» Elena Pita, El Mundo «Armoured in the face of pessimism, Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I shines with the positive outlook that that the author projects on everything he does.» Belén Guinart, El País « Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I presents a fast, direct, uninhibited, almost gestural style, which is a machine of empathy for the reader and is not devoid of humour.» El Correo Español
Publisher: GRIJALBO
ISBN: 8425353548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Can you imagine a future where everyone has given up sleeping? From the creator of the television series Red Band Society and author of the international bestseller The Yellow World comes this uniquely special novel. What if I could reveal your secrets with just a glance? And what if I could feel with your heart just by looking at you? And what if --in a single moment-- I could know that we were made for each other? Marcos has just lost his mother, a famous dancer who taught him everything, and he decides that his world can never be the same without her. Just as he is about to make a radical change, a phone call turns his world upside down. Albert Espinosa has a peculiar talent for generating immediate congeniality around him, for shifting people's moods toward the positive and for reconciling them with themselves and the world, when needed. Reviews: «Albert Espinosa lives exclusively in his imagination. He uses it to write, to direct plays and films and to act. His sense of humour is as special as his way of living. An optimism as contagious as a cold.» Teresa Cendrós, El Periódico «If there's one ability Espinosa has had in all of his multifactorial creations it's his capacity to stand in other people's shoes. Empathy is his strength.» Núria Escur, La Vanguardia «Speaking with Albert teaches me many new things, such as "it is not sad to die" and that what is sad is not living, not to live it all (...). He knows whathe's talking about and knows how to tell it, and that's why his works help us to live.» Víctor M. Amela, La Vanguardia «Espinosa says what he thinks and feels, taking out any feeling from his closet in the same manner he sticks out his leg. He knows he is alive because of a miracle and that life is a short miracle. How I like this guy. His life, his theatre, his gambles, humour and his courage. There's no one else like him.» Marcos Ordóñez, El País «A militant of life, an engineer of art.» Elena Pita, El Mundo «Armoured in the face of pessimism, Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I shines with the positive outlook that that the author projects on everything he does.» Belén Guinart, El País « Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren't You and I presents a fast, direct, uninhibited, almost gestural style, which is a machine of empathy for the reader and is not devoid of humour.» El Correo Español