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Gladwell nos trae historias de todos los rincones del mundo moderno: investiga las agridulces vidas de genios menores, audaces y obsesivos como el señor Heinz, responsable de que sólo exista un tipo de ketchup frente a docenas de variedades de mostaza; nos revela la trascendencia de la evolución del tinte capilar en la historia del siglo XX; compara el método de búsqueda de armas de destrucción masiva con el de detección del cáncer...

Entra en el fascinante mundo de la ciencia con la ayuda de este impresionante libroDescubre las maravillas de la ciencia, desde las últimas tecnologías para respirar bajo el agua y cultivar alimentos en el espacio hasta los recientes avances en medicina y robótica.Con un estilo ameno y explicaciones claras basadas en los últimos descubrimientos, este entretenido libro examina la ciencia que hay en la vida cotidiana y las tecnologías que nos permiten vivir en un mundo que antes creíamos de ciencia ficción.Con fotografías asombrosas e imágenes generadas por ordenador, presenta un gran número de inventos científicos que nos ayudan a resolver problemas actuales, como el cambio climático o las pandemias mundiales.Un libro perfecto para trabajos escolares.Completa tu colección con:Superdinosaurios, Superespacio, Superinsectos y Supertiburones

Opiniones editoriales:Opinión:Over a year on The New York Times bestseller list"Monumental... powerfully intelligent... not just a masterful narrative... but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale." — Chicago Tribune "Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject." — The New York Times Book Review"Hypnotizing, horrifying, energetic, lucid prose..." — Providence Observer"A sobering account of the 1918 flu epidemic, compelling and timely. — The Boston Globe"History brilliantly written... The Great Influenza is a masterpiece." — Baton Rouge Advocate Sobre el autor:John M. Barry is the author of four previous books: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed Amer­ica; Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports; The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (cowritten with Steven Rosenberg); and The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington. He lives in New Orleans and Wash­ington, D.C.

Opiniones editoriales:Opinión:" Superb, enthralling and necessarily terrifying . . . the accident unfurls with a horrible inevitability. Weaving together the experiences of those who were there that night, Higginbotham marshals the details so meticulously that every step feels spring-loaded with tension. . . . Amid so much rich reporting and scrupulous analysis, some major themes emerge. . . . Higginbotham’s extraordinary book is another advance in the long struggle to fill in some of the gaps, bringing much of what was hidden into the light." — Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times“A gripping miss-your-subway-stop read . . . Higginbotham captures the nerve-racked Soviet atmosphere brilliantly.” — The New York Times Book Review"A compelling, panoramic account."— The Christian Science Monitor “An account that reads almost like the script for a movie . . . Mr. Higginbotham has captured the terrible drama.” — The Wall Street Journal"Midnight in Chernobyl is top-notch historical narrative: a tense, fast-paced, engrossing, and revelatory product of more than a decade of research. . . . A stunningly detailed account . . . For all its wealth of information, the work never becomes overwhelming or difficult to follow. Higginbotham humanizes the tale, maintaining a focus on the people involved and the choices, both heroic and not, they made in unimaginable circumstances. This is an essential human tale with global consequences."— Booklist, Starred Review "Written with authority, this superb book reads like a classic disaster story and reveals a Soviet empire on the brink. . . . [A] vivid and exhaustive account.”— Kirkus, Starred Review"This is a highly detailed, carefully documented, beautifully narrated telling of this breathtakingly complex accident and its mitigation. Higginbotham’s handling of the sociopolitical context is also deft." — Nature“In chilling detail, this book recounts the many missteps of their response to the disaster. . . . Higginbotham compellingly suggests that these flaws all but predicted the calamity— and, in turn, the collapse of the Soviet Union itself.” — The New Yorker"There has been much reporting about the disaster, but no book has so ably and artfully captured the whole story of what happened that night and in the months and years that followed. With meticulous details, careful research and a gripping narrative, Midnight in Chernobyl is a must-read about nuclear power and the end of the Soviet Union." — Time"Midnight in Chernobyl is wonderful and chilling. . . . Adam Higginbotham tells the story of the disaster and its gruesome aftermath with thriller-like flair. . . . It is a tale of hubris and doomed ambition, featuring Communist party bosses and hapless engineers, victims and villains, confusion and cover-up." — The Guardian"A riveting, deeply reported reconstruction . . . In this powerful work of reportage, Chernobyl and its aftermath emerge as the Soviet Union’s last stand, containing all the pathologies and passion of that social experiment now lost to history." — The Los Angeles TimesSobre el autor:Adam Higginbotham writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, and Smithsonian. The author of Midnight in Chernobyl, he lives in New York City.

Número de paginas: : 352 páginas Editor: DK; Edición: Reprint (6 de febrero de 2018)ISBN-10: 1465473912 ISBN13: 978-1465473912 Peso: 2.1 lb.

Número de paginas: : 384 páginas Editor: Mariner Books; Edición: Revised ed. (13 de marzo de 2012)ISBN-10: 0547750331 ISBN13: 978-0547750330 Peso: 9.9 oz.