Diego Rivera

María Sklodovska, conocida años más tarde como Marie Curie, nació en Varsovia en el seno de una familia de escasos medios. Mientras su infancia transcurrió en la Polonia ocupada por los rusos, de joven logró viajar a París para estudiar física y matemáticas, y allí conoció al físico Pierre Curie. Comienza entonces, en un pequeño cobertizo, una de las grandes aventuras científicas de todos los tiempos. Gracias al esfuerzo, la perseverancia y el compromiso con la ciencia, descubrirá el radio, que posee propiedades terribles, pero que, sabiamente dirigido, puede ayudar a curar el...

When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the...

"Text and photographs describe common things that are yellow, including mustard, pencils, and lemonade"--Provided by publisher.

Readers begin to explore the vastness of our universe in this engaging volume. They start with subjects such as comets, meteors, planets, and more. Vivid full-page photographs accompany accessible text in both English and standard Latin-American Spanish.