Títulos en Ciencia y tecnología

Every time you switch on a light, start up a computer or turn on a television, you do it because of discoveries related to the work of Michael Faraday. In a swimming pool you will be guarded from disease because of liquid chlorine in the water: this is because Michael Faraday first liquefied...

De la serie Mis Pequeños Héroes, nace este audiolibro que recoge las impresionantes vidas de 3 grandes científicas que con su labor contribuyeron a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor. Conoce a Marie Curie, la científica que ganó dos premios Nobel. Descubre la apasionante vida de Jane Goodall, la mejor amiga de los chimpancés y de la naturaleza. Escucha a Florence Nightingale, la primera enfermera de la historia. Descárgate este audiolibro y comparte con las más peques de la casa las historias de estas maravillosas mujeres cuyas vidas nos siguen inspirando cada día.

A young readers edition of the New York Times bestseller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation?...

With only three months of formal education, Thomas Edison grew up to be one of the most successful inventors of all time. Applying scientific principles to practical use, he made scores of inventions and held over thirteen hundred patents, from improvements on the telegraph and phonograph to the...

De la serie Mis Pequeños Héroes, llega el audiolibro de la increíble historia de Isaac Newton, el científico que nos descubrió cómo funciona el universo, narrada por el astronauta Pedro Duque. La mayoría de héroes que conocemos son seres extraordinarios con poderes mágicos y una capa ondeando en sus hombros. Pero también existen héroes de carne y hueso, tan humanos como tú y como yo, que algunas veces se equivocan y otras aciertan a lo grande. Isaac Newton fue uno de ellos. Sus poderes fueron una inmensa curiosidad, un gran conocimiento de las leyes matemáticas y muchísima capacidad de observación.

Heroes of History is a unique biography series that brings the shaping of history to life with the remarkable true stories of fascinating men and women who changed the course of history. Known during the Civil War as the "Angel of the Battlefield," remarkable Clara Barton helped to save...

Vera Rubin was one of the astronomers who discovered and named dark matter, the thing that keeps the universe hanging together. Throughout her career she was never taken seriously as a scientist because she was one of the only female astronomers at that time, but she didn’t let that stop her. She made groundbreaking and incredibly significant discoveries that scientists have only recently been able to really appreciate—and she changed the way that we look at the universe.

Bloomsbury presents Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders written and read by Kate Pankhurst. Celebrate 10 fantastic years of the genre-defining series with this special anniversary edition of Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders – part of the revolutionary Fantastically Great...

Me llamo Neil Armstrong, y fui el primer hombre en poder cumplir ese sueño. En 1969 hice una de las expediciones más famosas y arriesgadas de todos los tiempos, y me convertí en el primer astronauta en pisar la Luna. Pero, a pesar de la fama, yo nunca creí ser especial o mejor que los demás: seguí siendo la misma persona sencilla y humilde que siempre había sido.

One thing that hasn't changed much at all in the last 10,000 years is the human brain. The relentless curiosity of the human mind, combined with our ability to solve problems, has resulted in huge innovation and change. Here, then, are some of the most revolutionary ideas of the last 300 years.

Podcast educativo para niños en el que viajamos en el tiempo hasta el año 1920, a un laboratorio lleno de fórmulas y tubos de ensayo, para conocer a la científica más importante de la historia: Marie Curie. Marie Curie, nacida como Maria Skłodowska en Polonia, tuvo que enfrentarse a grandes injusticias, ya que en su país las mujeres no podían ir a la universidad. Junto a su esposo investigó minerales misteriosos y descubrió dos nuevos elementos: el polonio y el radio, acuñando el término "radiactividad".

How did a 14-year-old steal the Vatican's most guarded secret — using nothing but his ears? How did an enslaved man bluff his way to freedom on a train, in plain sight, in a single day? And how did NASA engineers save three astronauts 200,000 miles from Earth with duct tape, a sock, and 45 minutes on the clock? They all did the same thing: they made a 4D move — the move nobody else could see.4D Chess takes kids inside 25 of the smartest moments in human history — not just what happened, but how the thinking worked, at the exact second everything changed.

Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens...

Following the success of the first Great Scientists title in the Junior Classics range, this collection features the lives of nine more remarkable scientists, with descriptions of their discoveries. From the astronomy of Copernicus and Halley to the natural science of Linnaeus and Humboldt, and from the discoveries of Pascal, Davy, Volta, and Babbage to the harnessing of atomic power by Julius Oppenheimer, it explores the contributions made by these great scientists, and their impact on our everyday lives.

Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different - quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn - but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked. This is a fascinating account for younger listeners.

"Your time is limited. . . . have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."--Steve Jobs From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of twenty, created Apple in his parents' garage...

Explore the life and achievements of Alexander Graham Bell.

Как устроены ракеты и космические корабли? Кто такой главный конструктор? И зачем нам нужен космос? Сергей Королёв―один из создателей российской космической отрасли, талантливый инженер и выдающийся учёный, который смог воплотить мечту о космосе в жизнь. Начинал Королёв с конструирования самолётов и планеров, многие из которых сам и пилотировал. Увидев возможности ракетного двигателя, он занялся новой для себя сферой и мгновенно стал ее лидером.

Nata in Via delle Cento Stelle a Firenze il 12 giugno 1922, Margherita hack non poteva che diventare un'astrofisica di fama mondiale. Eppure lei non ha mai creduto al destino: credeva invece nel merito, nella possibilità di realizzare i propri sogni. Lei che di sogni ne aveva tantissimi: dall'atletica, in cui sperava di conquistare una medaglia alle Olimpiadi, alla bici, con la quale fu amore a prima vista, fino alle stelle, scoperte a scuola un po' per caso e che le hanno illuminato il cammino fino ad arrivare alla guida dell'osservatorio astronomico di Trieste.

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