Y Si...? Una Increible Forma de Percibir La Realidad

Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron. Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the colorful life of Lord Byron’s daughter, from her early love of logic, to her plans for the world's first computer program. As a child, Ada had a big imagination and a talent for mathematics. She grew up in a noble household in England, where she dedicated herself to studying. Her work with the famous inventor, Charles Babbage, on a very early kind of computer made her the world's first computer...

Para leer esta historia, te aconsejo que te pongas una nariz de payaso. Si no tienes una a mano, cierra los ojos e imagínatela. O piensa en aquel día en que te pusiste una y se te escapó una sonrisa, o en aquel otro en que hiciste payasadas y a tus amigos les acabó doliendo la barriga de tanta risa. Sin embargo, mira tú que este cuento no es de risa. Al menos, al principio...

La decisión de narrar el pasado se impuso después de vencer la duda de si el esfuerzo merecería la pena. La superé al darme cuenta de que muchas personas valoran la recuperación de la memoria reciente, pues la aceleración del tiempo hace que hechos relativamente próximos parezcan lejanos. Siento que la vida pasa deprisa y quiero que la memoria de las ilusiones y de los esfuerzos de mi generación no desaparezca a medida que la jubilación nos vaya separando de los más jóvenes. Al narrar el pasado intento vencer al olvido, para que las cosas que he visto «no se pierdan como lágrimas ...

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around them. After 25 hours, the fighting ceased and Key peered through the clearing smoke, looking for some sign as to the outcome of the battle. Was the American flag still flying? His wartime experience inspired Key to write a poem, which was later set to music and became America’s national anthem. This book tells the story of the inspiration behind our national anthem, which helped transform the flag into a...