Florence Nightingale

Defines pulleys, explains their functions, and suggests simple experiments to demonstrate how they work.

Solar Energy Is Explained. Included In This Book Is Where It Comes From, Who Uses It, And The Positive And Negative Benefits Of Using It. Correlated To Common Core, Texas TEKS, Virginia Sols, And Georgia Performance Standards.

Follows the life and career of the French scientist who proved the existence of germs and their connection with diseases.

For ages, the idea of machines that think and act on their own has gripped scientists, thinkers, and the general public. This book explores the history of artificial intelligence (A.I.), and how science fiction is quickly becoming science fact. It examines the technologies involved in A.I. and its inevitable effects on work, life, health, and many other aspects of human society. Rooted in history and science, this book provides an inside look at a topic that captivates engineers, scientists, and dreamers, but also raises important ethical issues and challenges how we see ourselves and our...

Prácticas y claves para arrancar de una vez por todas. "Este libro puede leerse y trabajarse en soledad, como así también en grupo. Lo pensamos como un objetivo concreto: que a ustedes les sirva de guiá cuando tengan ganas - o, mejor aún, necesidad- de arriesgarse a escribir. Porque arriesgarse vale la pena. El ejercicio del arte no ha sido aun totalmente apestado por la locura del mundo moderno; sigue levantándose como un bastión poderoso contra quienes pretenden uniformar la vida de la gente estimulando sus reacciones mas primitivas y anulando su humanidad. En ningún momento...

¿QUÉ ES VERDAD?Usted ha visto películas y programas televisivos o ha leído libros que contienen ideas sobrenaturales. Muchas veces nos entretienen. Muchachos que son brujos con poderes mágicos, mujeres que ven el futuro, alguien que ve y habla con personas muertas. En cuanto a ideas, estas tienen gran potencial para contar historias. Pero, ¿acaso son reales? Y de ser así, ¿qué significa eso para mí?El lado oscuro de lo sobrenatural le mostrará la verdad subyacente tras lo sobrenatural. Es un manual que separa la verdad de la ficción, a la vez que examina cada tema a la luz de la...

Now available in a Spanish language edition, this charming board book was originally published in English by Barron's in Spring 2003, titled My Own Human Body. It explains the human body in a series of words and pictures that are simplified for preschool boys and girls. The heavy board pages are die-cut in the shape of a smiling little boy. When kids lift the front cover, they remove his shirt and see the location of his heart. The text gives a simple explanation of how the heart pumps blood through the entire body. As kids turn successive pages, they observe the human body's interior and...