Filling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) not only stands as one of the most exceptional draftsmen of art history, but also as a mastermind and innovator who anticipated some of the greatest discoveries of human progress, sometimes centuries before their material realization. From the smallest arteries in the human heart to the far-flung constellations of the universe, Leonardo saw nature and science as being unequivocally connected. His points of inquiry and invention spanned philosophy, anatomy, geology, and mathematics, from the laws of optics, ... |
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Based on the story of L. Frank Baum . Retold by Rosemary Border. ... Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Five entertaining stories about the power of discovery set in countries across the globe. A perfume made from some very unusual ingredients becomes more effective than expected. A remarkable change in a woman's life leaves her family to make a decision. The secret and danger of high intelligence are revealed to a university student. A teacher discovers a way of making time stand still. And a book tells a young ... |
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Изданието е на британски английски (British English). За изданието на американски английски (American English) кликнете тук . ... Книгата съдържа кратки истории на тема храни и напитки: собственичка на къща за гости е убедена, че един от гостите ѝ трябва да опита прочутата ѝ "пълна английска закуска"; учен измисля добавка, която прави конкретни храни по-привлекателни; малко момче се учи да готви с помощта на чудесния си чичо и вълшебна съставка; японски майстор готвач трябва да приготви последното си собствено ястие. Атрактивните оригинални илюстрации помагат за по-добро разбиране на ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. United by the theme of the circle, these stories are set in the UK, the USA and Singapore. From the discovery by a student archaeologist of a mysterious silver disc with strange properties to the heart-warming story of the rescue of a dangerously ill child by a poor tri-shaw driver, this collection of five stories is both amusing and thought provoking. ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Three stories to make you think, set in the near future, 100 years and 1500 years from now. The end of spam - a curse or a blessing? Are people robots? What happens to the last brain in the world? ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Five stories about the senses: Arlo hates noise and has a plan to bring the world silence. Gopal uses smell to protect the memory of his sister. Journalist Kathy uses her blindness to get a clear picture of human characters. Daniel has a tongue that earns him a living but could also be his downfall. And Jamie learns to balance the benefits of t'ai chi in his search for health and happiness. ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Six stories about a world we cannot explain. A film star discovers the dangers of dancing with a stranger. A man comes face-to-face with his father's history. An Irish-American family cannot escape someone from the past. A woman doesn't listen to warnings about an old tree. An English writer slowly becomes more and more Japanese. And a killer watches himself die in hospital. ... |
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Изданието е на американски английски (American English). За изданието на британски английски (British English) кликнете тук . ... Книгата съдържа кратки истории на тема храни и напитки: собственичка на къща за гости е убедена, че един от гостите ѝ трябва да опита прочутата ѝ "пълна английска закуска"; учен измисля добавка, която прави конкретни храни по-привлекателни; малко момче се учи да готви с помощта на чудесния си чичо и вълшебна съставка; японски майстор готвач трябва да приготви последното си собствено ястие. Атрактивните оригинални илюстрации помагат за по-добро разбиране на ... |
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Докато проучва материала за статия, посветена на американските Шампионати по памет, Джошуа Фор е едновременно скептичен и заинтригуван от твърдението на един от състезателите, че "ако се използва както трябва", дори обикновена средностатистическа памет като неговата може да победи в състезанието. След едногодишно трениране на паметта той се оказва на финала на същия този шампионат. Под ръководството на умствените спортисти Фор учи древни техники, използвани някога от Цицерон, за да запаметява речите си, и от средновековни учени, за да помнят цели книги. "Лунна разходка с Айнщайн" разчита на авангардни ... |
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Книга 3 от поредицата "Bulgarian Academic Monographs". ... Wissenschaftstheoretiker, gesellschaftlich engagierter Forscher und faszinierende Persönlichkeit. Zu jeder dieser Facetten werden neue Zugangswege eröffnet. Es wird eine ganzheitliche Darstellung des forscherischen Prozesses der Fragestellung und Lösung des Problems der Deutung der Äquivalenz von Masse und Energie angeboten. Einsteins philosophische Ansichten werden systematisch dargelegt und deren Bedeutung für die moderne Physik und Wissenschaftstheorie wird betont. Ausserdem werden Einsteins Auffassung von den physikalischen ... |
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Leichte Krimis für Jugendliche in 3 Stufen. ... Einstein, der eigentlich Albert Neumann heißt, züchtet Kaninchen. Sein Lieblingskaninchen ist "Mister X". Eines Tages liegt "Mister X" bewegungslos im Stall. Vergiftet? Mit Illustrationen zur Erleichterung der Inhaltserschließung Mit landeskundlichen Anmerkungen und Worteklärungen Mit einem Übungsteil mit Aufgaben und Tests zum Textverstehen Книгата се предлага и във вариант със CD, което съдържа аудио версия на книгата. Книгата е подходяща за упражнение по четене и разбиране на текст, покриващи знания които отговарят ... |
