Universo Hawking

A stinky look at the history of personal hygiene reveals fascinating facts, such as the invention of the toilet, how many times Queen Elizabeth I had a bath, how the first sewers were built, and much more.

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return to face a criminal whose ingenious staging of crimes is enabled by a terrifying access to information. When Lincoln's estranged cousin is arrested on murder charges, the case is closed. Forensic evidence from Arthur's home is found all over the scene of the crime, and it looks like the fate of Lincoln's relative is sealed.

Margaret Mead y Gregory Bateson fueron leyendas en vida. Muchos autores escribieron sobre estos célebres antropólogos cuya influencia aún se percibe en el mundo entero, pero nadie alcanzó la profundidad ni la familiaridad que revelan estas memorias escritas con amor por su hija. Este retrato profundamente humano de Margaret Mead y Gregory Bateson, permite ver desde una perspectiva nueva sus extraordinarios descubrimientos y teorías.

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...