Florence Nightingale

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

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.

Las cobijas no son calientes. ¿Entonces por qué nos dan calor? Descubre la respuesta y otras curiosidades del calor en este libro sobre la temperatura.

Leonard B. Meyer explica en este libro como funcionan los mecanismos de la mente para percibir y entender la musica. Sus paginas constituyen un lucido estudio de la psicologia de la percepcion musical que ha sido profusamente citado por musicologos, compositores y filosofos desde su primera edicion de 1956. Entre sus admiradores figuran Umberto Eco y Enrico Fubini, cuyos comentarios aparecen recogidos en el amplio prologo escrito por el prestigioso compositor Jose Luis Turina, autor tambien de la traduccion. &la" El objeto principal de este ensayo --senala Turina-- es doble: de un lado,...

Roberto Clemente is remembered as a one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, but more than that, he was also a man who believed in equality for all. Readers will learn about his incredible life in this inspiring, Spanish-translated nonfiction biographical title. Children will enthusiastically want to learn all they can about Roberto's amazing life as the first Puerto Rican in major league baseball through vibrant images, intriguing facts, a helpful timeline, and a glossary that will assist in vocabulary improvement.

Describes the life and work of the scientist who was persecuted by the Inquisition for his views of the universe.