Crisis energética: El futuro de los combustibles fósiles (Energy Crisis: The Future of Fossil Fuels)

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

There is growing concern over how we behave and interact online, from fighting, incivility, rudeness, and even criminal behaviors like cyberbullying, to simply adapting old forms of etiquette to a new landscape. This book, updated from an earlier resource, provides younger readers an introduction to this timely topic, a subject that they are both engaged in forming themselves as "digital natives," and one they also often require guidance in. It informs readers about the polite and productive use of social media networks and mobile platforms and discusses pressing issues of etiquette within...

La colección de Chuletas es una recopilación de todos los resúmenes, esquemas, cuadros, sinopsis y apuntes imprescindibles para aprender y aprobar la Física sin dificultades. Los estudiantes tendrán todos los conocimientos necesarios sobre Física para Bachillerato, y los profesores hallarán en este libro un eficaz aliado para que sus alumnos comprendan y aprendan estas materias de un modo más ameno.

Eileen Gray (1878-1976) es considerada una de las diseñadoras de muebles y arquitectas más relevantes de la primera mitad del siglo XX. Su trabajo inspiró a multitud de creadores del modernismo y el art déco. Se hizo un lugar en un ambiente mayoritariamente masculino, primero como artista de la laca, después diseñando muebles y, finalmente, como arquitecta. A lo largo de su trayectoria permaneció alejada de los movimientos y corrientes arquitectónicas de la época, como el De Stijl, constituido en Holanda, o la organización Congrès Internationaux dArchitecture Moderne, fundada en...

This book takes a look at the life of Apple Co-Founder and personal computer pioneer, Steve Jobs. The book is complete with photographs from Jobs' early life, simple text, and a timeline. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators.