Explores the ideas behind one hundred iconic works of art while examining their historical context.

Escrito en un lenguaje accesible, El libro de las matematicas presenta explicaciones claras y concisas que desbrozan la jerga especializada, diagramas que plasman complejas teorias, citas memorables e ingeniosas ilustraciones que juegan con nuestras ideas acerca de los numeros. ¿Que es un numero imaginario? ¿Como pueden servir las matematicas para predecir el futuro? A lo largo de la historia, los matematicos se han planteado grandes preguntas como...

Examines "the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100 ... articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea"--Amazon.com.

An essential guide to milestone developments in astronomy, telling the story of our ideas about space, time, and the physics of the cosmos--from ancient times to the present day. From planets and stars to black holes and the Big Bang, take a journey through the wonders of the universe. Featuring topics from the Copernican Revolution to the mind-boggling theories of recent science, The Astronomy Book uses flowcharts, graphics, and illustrations to...

This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context. The nineteenth title in DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Classical Music Book combines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical...

Explores the cases of over one hundred notorious crimes and criminals from world history, covering bandits, arsonists, hucksters, white collar criminals, organized crime, kidnappers, extortionists, and murderers.

Using a bold, graphic-led approach, The Ecology Book explores and explains over 85 of the key ideas, movements, and acts that have defined ecology and ecological thought. The book has a simple chronological structure, with early chapters ranging from the ideas of classical thinkers to attempts by Enlightenment thinkers to systematically order the natural world. Later chapters trace the evolution of modern thinking, from the ideas of Thomas Malthus,...

Who was the Prophet Muhammad? Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan? What does the Quran say? Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion and one in five people is a Muslim. But what do Muslims believe, and how is Islam practiced today? The Islam Book presents the faith's key beliefs and explores its many facets, including its major contributions to science, literature, art, and architecture over the centuries. Written in plain English, The Islam...

Arranged in chronological order, this . . . guide to more than seventy-five of the most historic moments in the science of chemistry, from the birth of atomic theory to the development of liquid crystal display screens, introduces the work of the scientists who have shaped the subject-- Written in plain English, The Chemistry Book is packed with short, pithy explanations of more than 95 key ideas. Step-by-step flowcharts unpick complex theories,...

Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies, and turning points of the Second World War – the epic conflict that shaped the modern world. Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold explanatory graphics, The World War II Book explores the causes, key events, and lasting consequences of the Second World War. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key ideas and events during and surrounding...