Hablemos con el agua

Dice la higuera que hace muchos años, una tarde asoleada, su vida cambió de pronto cuando escuchó claramente que se abrió el portón de la calle y apareció Octavio, que abría muy grandes los ojos azules conociéndolo todo con curiosidad. Así el inicio de la vida de uno de los autores más importantes de México, único ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura.

Algorithms might sound like a complicated tech term, but don't be intimidated, people actually use them every day. Using accessible language and full-color photographs, this book simplifies algorithms in an easy-to-understand way. Readers will be amazed to learn that an algorithm is just a set of steps for computers to follow to get things done. STEM topics from the Next Generation Science Standards are emphasized throughout the text. Sidebars featuring key terms help readers grow their tech vocabulary, and fact boxes provide additional opportunities to learn.

If we could take a trip to the center of the Earth, what would we find? In this amazing book readers can do just that with the help of a special ship that can handle the extreme heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s crust. Digging through a few miles of the crust is just the start of the nearly 4,000-mile journey to Earth’s core. Readers might be surprised to find that not all of the trip is through solid rock, as the intense heat does strange and amazing things to the material that makes up our planet!

Sobrecoge la naturalidad con la que el Padre Damián (S.XX) entregaba día a día su vida a los leprosos de la isla de Molokai.