Berlín, 1936

Springfield Township, Montgomery County, adjoins the city of Philadelphia on its northern border. The township's six-plus square miles, originally established as "Penn's Manor of Springfield," was a gift from William Penn to his wife, Gulielma Maria Springett, c. 1681. This historic township was home to a major stagecoach line and its associated taverns and inns, considerable activity during the Revolutionary War, summertime residences of Philadelphia's wealthy, and subsequent post-World War II development as a burgeoning community just over the Philadelphia border. Springfield Township's...

David Christian, el creador de la "big history", de la "gran historia" que enlaza la evolución del cosmos, de la vida y de la humanidad para ofrecernos una perspectiva distinta de los grandes problemas del Antropoceno, culmina su obra con este libro realmente único, que discurre desde el big bang, el sistema solar, la aparición de la vida, los dinosaurios, el homo sapiens y los grandes imperios hasta la globalización. Un libro que ha despertado el entusiasmo de lectores como Bill Gates o el físico Carlo Rovelli quien considera esta disciplina "un método espectacular para, a través de...

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Silencio. Nace una semilla es ensayo, testimonio y crónica. Se refiere al movimiento estudiantil chileno del 2011, donde emerge el nuevo sujeto político colectivo que Chile requería, que volvería obsoleto al régimen político y económico heredado de la dictadura militar. Desde el punto de vista de las humanidades, se enfoca dinámicamente el conflicto, sus actores y las etapas de su desarrollo. Central es el antagonismo Gobierno versus estudiantes, las marchas y su insospechada aparición y los diversos mecanismos creativos de los jóvenes. Todos ellos inéditos. Los estudiantes otra...