El mundo como un juego matemático

¿Qué tienen que ver el 2012, el calendario maya, la geometría sagrada y el segundo advenimiento de Cristo? La respuesta puede estar en unos bellos y misteriosos diseños que desde hace más de treinta años aparecen en los campos de cereales de varios países. Se conocen como crop circles o círculos en los cultivos. Aunque en su mayor parte se manifiestan al sur de Inglaterra, muy cerca del templo de Stonehenge, existen registros de ellos en al menos cincuenta países de los cinco continentes. ¿Quién y cómo los hace? Nadie lo sabe a ciencia cierta, los autores de los crop circles...

Bacteria have a slimy reputation. They're too small to see with the human eye, so it's easy to let them slip past unnoticed. But, bacteria are part of our daily lives. In fact, they affect everything from milk to our moods. Get ready to zoom in on the hidden world of bacteria and explore the many ways that bacteria are being used in the modern world. This nonfiction reader seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach multiplication of mixed numbers. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build...

Dragonflies are large flying insects known for their brightly colored bodies and see-through wings. They are among the fastest insects in the world. Learn more about these amazing animals in Dragonflies, a Fascinating Insects book.

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...