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Testigo inigualable de su tiempo, Francisco de Goya fue un pintor y grabador versátil que lo mismo retrató a la corte, sus fiestas y juegos, que los horrores de la guerra. Ácido e incisivo cuando se asumía como crítico, fue también delicioso y grácil al celebrar la belleza y el placer cortesanos. Un acercamiento a un hombre que, a pesar de su sordera, supo escuchar mejor que nadie las contradicciones de El siglo de las luces. An unequaled witness of his time, Francisco de Goya was a versatile painter and engraver who portrayed both the court, with its parties and games, and the horrors ...

Venerado y vilipendiado a un tiempo, Lobachevski se cierne imponente sobre la matemática del siglo XIX. Al igual que sucede a la mayoría de los mitos, el Lobachevski real está oculto por capas de negligencia y desconocimiento. Su fantástica obra, argumentaban muchos, no era otra cosa que herejía matemática, una senda falsa. Lobachevski es una personalidad abrumadora, un soñador empedernido, un hacedor de mundos imposibles pero reales. Lobachevski es, para muchos, una persona desconocida. Este libro cuenta la historia de un hombre sencillo, pero sagaz, obstinado y profundo desde el...

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

The author tells about the origin and development of two Spanish romances: The Alfambra woman buried alive and The lovers of Teruel. The first recounts the infidelity of a lecherous woman, the Countess of Alfambra, who betrays her husband by delivering him to his enemy; and whose final dénouement is the defeat of the adulterous couple and their being condemned to death by being burnt at the stake. The Story of the Lovers of Teruel recounts the tragic life of one of the members of the Marcilla family, enamoured of a rich damsel who returned his love. However, her father's refusal to consent...

Addresses questions kids often wonder about, where there is usually no simple answer, offering different theories and opinions with examples and comparisons.