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"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...

Filled with geographical and historical data, this unique book explains the beauty and characteristics of the Chihuahua desert, the largest desert in Mexico.

The Mapuches established themselves in the eleventh century in what is now Argentina and Chile. Their literature is very rich and oral in nature, which highlights the legends that speak of their Gods, beliefs, customs, and stories of their encounters with enemies.

Claudia Perlo cita autores objetados o directamente ignorados en la comunidad científica, toma ideas de diferentes saberes y las hace propias, las usa como metáfora, las entremezcla para expresarse en una prosa clara donde el origen disciplinar pierde el sentido para converger en un río que corre, que cambia, que no busca llegar sino moverse. Plantea a la investigación científica como un conocimiento que debe circular, saltando de disciplina en disciplina, saliéndose de los laboratorios y de las oficinas para entremezclarse, ensuciarse las manos y dialogando encontrar respuestas...