Amelia Earhart

Many animals and insects build their homes in trees or visit trees to feed from their fruit, flowers, and leaves. Trees are not unlike great buildings, where creatures protect themselves—amongst their branches or in the nooks of their trunks—against predators or harsh weather. Trees are also of great use to human beings, as they provide us with food, shelter and medicines. The outstanding photographs in this book show how some animals relate to different tree species, while also revealing curious details of specific trees.

A Major catalogue that accompanies the exhibition of the collection of the Museo de la Solidaridad in Chile has been produced In celebration of the centenary of the birth of Salvador Allende. The exhibition / catalogue documents the extensive international collection of fine art in the museum. The first chapter is devoted to Allende as a hommage.

Explains the basic science of flight, the problems of getting vehicles into the air, different types of engines, and aircraft design, and includes instructions for making aircraft models.

Quizá los trilobites no sean tan espectaculares como los grandes dinosaurios. Sin embargo, estos pequeños seres prehistóricos –los cuales vivieron durante el periodo Cámbrico, es decir hace 542 millones de años–, tienen mucho que decirnos sobre el pasado remoto de la Tierra y sobre los seres vivos en general. Su fascinante anatomía, por ejemplo, guarda curiosas similitudes con otros animales y con un sinfín de objetos de uso común hoy en día. Este ameno libro toma a los trilobites como tema para hablarnos de la biología pero también de ingeniería. Los autores se refieren lo...