Louis Pasteur

Esta excelente biografía del célebre químico francés está dirigida especialmente a los lectores jóvenes y presenta los logros más significativos de este importante científico. Él realizó investigaciones decisivas sobre la fermentación y las bacterias, sostuvo que los gérmenes eran los responsables de las infecciones y desarrolló el proceso de la pasteurización, de enorme importancia para la economía y la salud pública. Además, descubrió las vacunas contra el ántrax y la rabia. También fue el primer director del Instituto Pasteur, fundado en 1888 para investigar los virus y ...

The Uses Of Wind Energy Is The Topic Of This Book. Explains The Positive And Negative Impact This Form Of Energy Can Have On Our World.

A simple biography of the naturalist who founded the Sierra Club and was influential in establishing the national park system.

Tailored to the 2013 IB Language B syllabus, our full-colour coursebook, Mañana, contains everything you need to succeed in your two-year Spanish B course. This coursebook prepares students for the 2013 Spanish Language B syllabus (first examination 2015), at both Standard and Higher Level. It is totally international, offering authentic materials from a variety of Spanish-speaking countries. The texts and topics have been chosen because of their intrinsic interest to young people, and to enable students to develop a genuine intercultural understanding. The exercises are carefully designed...

Explores the different types of land on Earth including deserts, seashores, plains and explains why they change.

This Spanish-translated biography introduces readers to Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Featuring lively images and inspirational text in conjunction with a helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Robinson's life, this title will engage readers as they read about Jackie's life as a college athlete, his start in the Negro League, his stand against segregation, and how he became the first person to ever get named Rookie of the Year.

Families can be big or small, but all resemble each other in one aspect: they have a past and a present that, is also part of a broader history, that of a culture or race, or that of the world. The reader will see that family trees are used both by historians and everyday people who trace generations of relatives. Although family trees imply blood relations, the ties of love and friendship are often just as important.