Das Mammut-Buch Naturwissenschaften

by David Macaulay

Un original y divertido modo de aprender matemáticas de la mano del galardonado autor e ilustrador David Macaulay.

¡Aprenderás pasándotelo en grande¡

Un grupo de mamuts curiosos te guiará a través de conceptos básicos de matemáticas: cálculo, geometría, medidas, ángulos, gráficos, ecuaciones y mucho más.

Otro divertidísimo y nada convencional libro ilustrado del premiado ilustrador David Macaulay, autor de Ciencia a lo grande (DK, 2020) y el clásico Cómo funcionan las cosas (1988).

Incluye más de 60 temas fundamentales, con textos explicativos y dibujos de apoyo.

Con Mates a lo grande no solo aprenderás los principios esenciales de las matemáticas, sino que disfrutarás aprendiendo.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Stem, Spanish Literature, Picture Books, Childrens

Hardcover

First published August 4, 2020

About the author

David Macaulay, born in 1946, was eleven when his parents moved from England to Bloomfield, New Jersey. He found himself having to adjust from an idyllic English childhood to life in a fast paced American city. During this time he began to draw seriously, and after graduating from high school he enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). After spending his fifth year at RISD in Rome on the European Honors Program, he received a bachelor’s degree in architecture and vowed never to practice. After working as an interior designer, a junior high school teacher, and a teacher at RISD, Macaulay began to experiment with creating books. He published his first book, Cathedral, in 1973. Following in this tradition, Macaulay created other books—including City, Castle, Pyramid, Mill, Underground, Unbuilding, and Mosque—that have provided the explanations of the how and the why in a way that is both accessible and entertaining. From the pyramids of Egypt to the skyscrapers of New York City, the human race’s great architectural and engineering accomplishments have been demystified through Macaulay's elaborate show-and-tells. Five of these titles have been made into popular PBS television programs.

Reviews

[Nancy Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's no better pairing than David Macaulay and DK books! General science concepts are presented in a memorable way, through wooly mammoths and elephant shrews (although, ick, the shrews look like rats to me).

Chapters are divided into five broad categories: matter, earth and space, life, forces and energy. Under each category, pages are devoted to subcategories. For example, under "life" there are pages on cells, bacteria, bones, breathing, plants, flowers, etc.

The information on humans is often juxtaposed with the same information as it pertains to mammoths, and sometimes the mammoths are used to demonstrate something, like how matter reacts. Do we still have mammoths? How do we know anything about them? Whatever... they're adorable!

Mr. Macaulay's drawings, as always, are fantastic. The text is comprehensive but it can be simplified for younger readers. Older readers will be able to absorb information at their own pace. So many students are being taught at home this year because of the pandemic. This will be a great resource for parents, tutors and teachers.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this a page at a time to my 6-year-old and 9-year-old. We used up all 10 renewals at the library and had to read the last little bit in a hurry. It had fun pictures and interesting ideas that sparked conversations and questions.

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[Samir Kagadkar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a far gentler version of David Macaulay’s now classic “The way things work”.

What’s not to like about mammoths (and a few shrews) teaching science?