En el final de Roma (ca. 455-480)

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Bill Bryson ha logrado lo que parecía imposible: hacer inteligible y entretenido el mundo de la ciencia a millones de personas de todo el mundo. Ahora, en esta nueva espléndida edición ilustrada, los acontecimientos más destacables - desde la Gran Explosión hasta la aparición de la civilización- cobran vida con impresionantes fotografías, dibujos, retratos y viñetas.

Los vikingos están de moda. De ello se han encargado series de televisión y películas de superhéroes que llevan poblando la pequeña y gran pantalla en los últimos años. Sin embargo, poco nos han contado nuestros libros de historia sobre esta gran cultura europea. Durante mucho tiempo se han concebido como una sociedad guerrera, dominada por rudos hombres de naturaleza violenta que adoraban a dioses misteriosos e igual de violentos. Quien abra estas páginas se dispone a encontrar una imagen bastante distinta, matizada y compleja del pueblo vikingo. La autora desea regalarles a los...