Arte y arquitectura en la época del capitalismo triunfante

Es un conjunto articulado de tres ensayos sobre Dalí: su visión del cuerpo y del amor, de la podredumbre; su concepción de la arquitectura, y las implicaciones morales e intelectuales del método iconológico y paranoico-crítico del artista.

"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...

Young readers will discover amazing facts about birds' nest-building habits and other information with this new guide featuring Internet links to each of the book's topics.

¿Qué sabes de los dinosaurios? ¿Sabes cuál es el fósil más antiguo? ¿Conoces a Otzi, el hombre congelado de las nieves? ¿Cuáles son las maravillas de la naturaleza? ¿Te apetece recorrer el mundo en busca de tesoros escondidos? ¿Sabes distinguir una falsificación?

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein--but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life, told in a fun, engaging way that clearly explores the world he lived in and changed.