Los planetas (The Planets)

Black holes are neither holes nor black. They're invisible and packed with matter! Future astronomers will find out many more fascinating facts about these space phenomena with this intriguing book. Carefully crafted text encapsulates the most important information about black holes, such as how scientists locate them and their significance in a star's life cycle. Amazing photographs support critical concepts and inspire a true appreciation of the spectacles of space.

En este libro ilustrado para niños, Nikolai pregunta a sus amigos los animales las siguientes 3 preguntas: Cuál es el mejor momento para hacer las cosas?, Quién es el ser más importante?, y, Qué es lo que debemos hacer?

The idea of the Roaring '20s conjures up images of speakeasies, women with short, saucy hairdos, and hot jazz. Readers will learn about the historical events that define this decade, including the devastating war that preceded it. An explanation about project-based learning will help readers understand how it can help them research their topic in unique and interesting ways. Constructive suggestions offer ideas for projects, while encouraging readers to take their studies in new and interesting directions.

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

Nueva traducción, acompañada de un completo estudio introductorio y un amplio cuerpo de notas, de esta obra de madurez en la que Cicerón analiza cuestiones de ética filosófica que, a juicio de su autor, pueden ayudar al lector a hacer más llevadera la tempestuosa travesía de la vida.