La secreta mision del 6.21

Desde la más remota antigüedad las personas han sentido fascinación por la luna, el astro más cercano a nuestro planeta. Los babilonios y los aztecas, por ejemplo, confeccionaron calendarios muy precisos basándose en las observaciones de la luna. Nuestro satélite natural en el momento en que se encuentra más cerca de la tierra está a 365.000 kilómetros de distancia. El estudio de la luna tuvo un gran impulso cuando el gran científico italiano Galileo Galilei inventó el telescopio en 1610 y con ayuda de este instrumento pudo realizar interesantes observaciones que le permitieron...

Reveals the truth about cannibalism in pre-Columbian America, avoiding sensationalism and opting for historical accuracy on a matter that has been subjected to all sorts of misinterpretations as well as mistaken beliefs.

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

Provides a history of the city of Tenochtitlan, describes its eventual burial and rediscovery in more modern times, and details processes used in the excavation of the Great Temple.