Middle and High School (6-12)
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Title: Spying on the Stars
Author: Pierre Bourge and Jean Lacroux
Translator: Leonardo Javier Sánchez Peniche
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Year: 2001
ISBN: 968-16-6392-6
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 447-page book is an introduction to astronomy and the way in which it is studied. The book is divided into 44 chapters that go from the definition of astronomy to the explanation of the galaxy and the observation of the universe.
Title: Water
Author: Manuel Guerrero
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Third edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6366-X (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5756-X (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3634-1 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In this 117-page book the author explains what is water, its importance for life and for the earth, its use in cities...
Title: Albert Einstein, Solitary Navigator
Author: Luis de la Peña
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second Edition, First Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5702-0 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2566-8 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In 119 pages plus a series of pictures at the end of the book, the author tells us about the life of this very important man, as well as what was happening in the world during his time.
Title: Astronomy—The Océano Visual Atlas
Publisher: Océano
Year: 1999
ISBN: 84-494-1286-2
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book of 81 pages explains in depth the world of astronomy in a simple language for every person that wishes to understand it. The book has appealing color images that complement the text.
Title: Contemporary Astronomy
Author: Jorge Ruiz Morales
Publisher: Equipo Sirius S.A.
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-86639-89-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In five chapter and 213 pages, this book offers to the readers the possibility of understanding the existing knowledge of contemporary astronomy in a precise, simple, and assessable way.
Title: Astronomy. Guide to the Night Sky
Author: Robert Burnham, Alan Dyer, Jeff Kanipe
Translation: Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro
Publisher: Weldon Owen Pty. Limited
Year: 2001
ISBN: 84-8076-413-9
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 432-page book is divided into two parts. The first is an introduction to astronomy, in which the author begins with a brief explanation of the cosmos and the expansion of the universe.
Title: Astronomy in Mexico
Author: Julieta Fierro
Editor: Lectorum
Year: 2001
ISBN: 968-5270-55-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book tries to explain the history of astronomy in Mexico. It begins with the life of the stars and then narrates on the study of the Cosmos during the times of ancient cultures. Finally, it explains the latest visions of the Universe that modern astronomers hold.
Title: Astronomy
Author: Álvaro Gimérez Cañete & Alberto Castro Tirado
Publisher: Equipo Sirius S.A.
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-86639-83-2
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In six chapters and 268 pages, this easy to understand book informs the reader about the astronomy that is not known to people. It introduces readers to one of the branches of modern astrophysics, through the exploration of X-rays.
Title: The Cambridge Star Atlas
Author: Wil Tirion
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2001 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 521-80084-6
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book contains 90 pages with color maps that help the reader learn everything that an amateur astronomer needs to know about the universe.
Title: From Bacteria to Mankind: Evolution
Author: Daniel Piñero
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6621-6 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5765-9 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2540-4 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In this book of 113 pages, the author takes the reader from the very beginnings of life on earth to the origin and evolution of mankind, with the purpose of better understanding Darwin’s theory of the origin of species.
Title: Come Down From My Electronic Cloud
Author: Plinio Sosa Fernández
Publisher: ADN Editorial, S.A. of C.V.
Year: 1997 First Edition
ISBN: 968-6849-20-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book is an introduction to chemistry. It contains 142 pages in 9 chapters and many easy to understand black and white illustrations.
Title: The Virtual Kiss
Author: Juan Tonda Mazón
Publisher: ADN Editorial, S.A. of C.V
Year: 1999 First Edition
ISBN: 968-6849-26-2
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book contains 103 pages over five chapters that narrate the history of one of the most important discoveries of this century: the laser beam. The first ruby laser was invented by Theodore H. Maiman.
Title: Big Bang: The History of the Universe
Author: Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest
Translator: Ignacio Fernández Bayo
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Year: 1997
ISBN: 970-656-045-9
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 45-page book teaches the reader about the origin of the universe in easy to follow language and with colorful images.
Title: Niels Bohr: Scientist, Philosopher, and Humanist
Author: Leopoldo García-Colín S., Marcos Mazari, Marcos Moshnisky, et. al.
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 1997 (Second edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5373-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 129-page book is divided into four parts. In the first part the authors talk about physics between 1900 and 1913, and the paradoxes that Bohr had to face in classical and modern physics...
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Title: Elements Of Differential And Integral Calculus
Author: Granville
Translator: Steven T. Byngton
Publisher: Limusa
Year: 2003 (35th edition)
ISBN: 968-16-1178-X
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book has 686 pages in 27 chapters, starting with a summary of formulas with the purpose of making the student review algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and the Greek alphabet.
Title: Heat And Movement
Author: Magdalena Ruis de Riepen & C. Mauricio Castro—Acuña
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 1998 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5817-5 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-4814-5 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3147-1 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 106-page book the authors try to extend the benefits of scientific culture to society.
Title: The Chemical House
Author: José Antonio y Rodrigo Chamizo
Publisher: ADN Editorial, S.A. of C.V
Year: 1998 First Edition
ISBN: 968-6849-25-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
With an easy to understand, non-technical language, the authors show the reader how the 109 atoms in all their possible combinations construct the universe.
Title: Catalysts, The Philosophical Stone of the 20th Century?
Author: Sergio Fuentes y Gabriela Díaz
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second Edition, Second reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5233-9
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book has 93 pages, in which the authors describe catalysts and how they work by showing their everyday uses.
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Title: With the Sky in Our Pockets. Astronomy through History
Author: Eduardo Averbuj
Publisher: De la Torre
Year: 2000 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 84-7960-274-0
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book narrates a brief story about a few men that tried to comprehend our role and size in the cosmos.
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Title: The Science of Chaos
Author: Isaac Schifter
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second Edition, first reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-6327-6 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-4438-7 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 106-page book the author explains chaos, why it exists, how it intervenes in our everyday life, the myths about it, and its consequences.
Title: How Does a Cell Work?
Author: Antonio Peña
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second edition, first reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-6322-5 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-4365-8 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 121-page book brings the reader into the amazing world of cells, their specialization, structure, the way in which their extraordinary functions are organized in such a small space...
Title: How Plants Live
Author: Carlos Vázquez Yanes
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second edition, first reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5219-3-A (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2711-3 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In this 94-page book, the author talks about the relationships between plants and their environment and the way in which they grow and evolve in diverse climates.
Title: The Cosmos, Our Unknown Home. Simple Theories
Author: Félix Ramírez Ramos
Publisher: Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Year: 2001
ISBN: 970-18-6215-5
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In nine chapters and 151 pages, this book introduces in a simple manner the principal concepts in the study of the cosmos, including many simple modern and ancient theories.
Title: Cosmos
Author: Carl Sagan
Translator: Miquel Muntaner & M.ª del Mar Moya Tasis
Publisher: Planeta
Year: 2002 (20th Edition)
ISBN: 84-08-02042-0
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book is based on a 13-chapter program that professor Carl Sagan created for television. Cosmos talks about science in the broadest human context and explains how science and civilization develop together.
Title: Tales of the Year 2000
Author: Various Authors
Translator: María Durante
Publisher: Nathans
Year: 1999 (First Edition)
ISBN: 84-667-1395-6
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
Our ancestors have always been fascinated by the sky and for many years we have tried to understand the phenomena we see through stories. Astronomy is full of myths told many years ago. In this book, the reader will read many of the myths that were believed to occur in the year 2000.
Title: Quantum Stories
Author: Sergio De Régules Ruiz-Funes
Publisher: CONACULTA
Year: 2000 First Edition
ISBN: 970-18-4431-9
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book teaches the reader, in a simple and humorous way, the history and fundamental concepts of one of the most important theories of this century - quantum mechanics.
Title: The Development of Technology
Author: Fernando Alba Andrade
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second Edition, Fourth Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5266-5
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In this 159-page book, the author explains space, time, mechanics, optics, electricity, magnetism, communications, computers, new materials, and energy in an enjoyable narrative about human history.
Title: The Discovery of the Universe
Author: Shaen Hacyan
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second edition, fourth reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5922-8 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2393-2 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
The author started this book because of his curiosity about what the universe is, whether it had a beginning or will have an end, what are its borders, and what is beyond those borders.
Title: Astronomy Dictionary
Author: Ian Ridpath
Translator: Alejandro Ibarra Sixto
Publisher: Complutense
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-89784-70-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School and up
This dictionary is up to date and was written by a group of experts that worked to create a tool for students, teachers, amateur astronomers, etc.
Title: Physics Dictionary
Author: Oxford—Complutense
Translator: Alejandro Ibarra Sixto
Publisher: Complutense
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-89784-55-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School and up
This dictionary is a guide for junior high school to college students.
Title: Chemistry Dictionary
Author: Oxford—Complutense
Translator: Inmaculada Julián, Regino Sáez y Susana Martínez
Publisher: Complutense
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-89784-72-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School and up
This dictionary is an excellent reference for students of chemistry from junior high school.
Title: The Cosmos in the Palm of Our Hands
Author: Manuel Lozano Leyva
Publisher: Arena Abierta/Mondadori
Year: 2002
ISBN: 84-397-0939-0
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In eleven chapters the author takes the reader through an easy and logical explanation of the basic concepts of quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, and general relativity, in order for the reader to understand better the origin and structure of the universe, the birth, life, and death of stars, the formation of the sun and its planets, and the origin of life.
Title: Electromagnetism. From Science to Technology
Author: Elizer Braun
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second edition, first reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5700-4 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3742-9 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 159-page book the author provides a simple summary of the great importance of electricity, which gave birth to the electromagnet, rudimentary batteries, telegraph, telephone, and after the discovery of Hertz waves, communication through radio, television (with the aid of vacuum tubes such as bulbs), computers, laser, and possibly photonics, which according to the author is the future of electromagnetism.
Title: Encounter With A Star
Author: Silvia Bravo
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second Edition, Third Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5262-2 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2668-0 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 141-page book, the author offers an entertaining, simple, and clear narrative about the importance that the Sun has always had for humanity and the knowledge that we have about it nowadays...
Title: Energy and Life. Bioenergetics
Author: Antonio Peña and Georges Dreyfus
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5229-0 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3479-9 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This little 98-page book offers a complete view of the energy that living beings need for their survival. In order to do that, the authors start the book with an explanation of basic concepts such as the different sources of energy, the basic chemical elements of a living organism, and the different ways those organisms have developed to catch energy.
Title: The Staircase of the Universe
Author: Carlos Chimal
Publisher: ADN Editorial, S.A. of C.V.
Year: 1996 First Edition
ISBN: 968-6849-08-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this book the reader will learn how the microcosmic physics is an important part in understanding the universe. This book contains 143 pages in 8 chapters and many illustrations in black and white.
Title: A Book From the New York Public Library. Amazing Space
Author: Ann-Jeanette Campbell
Translator: Magdalena Senestrari
Publisher: The New York Public Library and The Stonesong Press, Inc.
Year: 1997
ISBN: 950-04-1968-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book offers answers to the most-asked questions in astronomy. This book uses a simple format of questions and answers, accompanied by illustrations in black and white to help the reader understand many of the basic concepts of astronomy.
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Title: Space
Author: Alejandro Estallo
Publisher: Molino
Collection: Miniguía
Year: 2001 (Second reprint revised and updated)
ISBN: 968-766-859-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 160-page pocket-sized miniguide contains a detailed description of space.
Title: This is Chaos
Author: Edgar Gómez Marín
Publisher: ADN Editorial, S.A. of C.V.
Year: 1995 First Edition
ISBN: 968-6849-07-6
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book is about the order that exists in apparently disordered systems. In 126 pages over 6 chapters, with simple illustrations in black and white, the author covers the mathematical theory of chaos by using the love story of a young couple.
Title: Binary Interactive Stars
Author: Juan Echevarría
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6600-3 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5239-8 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2712-1 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book has 119 pages and is divided into three parts. In the first part, the author talks about stellar evolution and distances...
Title: The Stars and Planets
Author: Joachim Ekrutt
Translator: Fernando Martinez de Quirós
Publisher: Everest, S.A.
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-241-2746-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This easy to understand book explains to the reader how to identify simple constellations. Included in this book are seventy-two helpful maps. In addition to this, the reader will find colorful tables that have dates on solar and lunar eclipses for the next ten years, thirty color photographs of the universe and a hundred and seventy-five sidereal maps.
Title: Collins Pocket Guide Stars and Planets
Author: Ian Ridpath
Translator: Dulcinea Otero-Piñeiro
Publisher: Omega
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 84-282-1314-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book full of colorful pictures is divided into two parts, the first in which the author introduces the reader to observation of the night sky and shows the difference between the northern and southern hemisphere skies.
Title: Stars and Planets
Author: Antonín Rükl
Translation: Luis Manuel López de Bulnes
Publisher: Aventinum Nakladatelství
Year: 1990 (First Edition)
ISBN: 84-305-7018-7
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
The purpose of this instructive atlas is to introduce the reader to a selection of graphic representations of objects in our solar system. In the beginning and at the end of each chapter, there are pages that clear up possible misconceptions. All of the illustrations in this book are drawn by hand and help facilitate a better understanding.
Title: Las estrellas (The Stars)
Author: Julieta Fierro
Editor: Tercer Milenio—Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
Year: 1999
ISBN: 970-18-3494-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book provides to the reader a brief overview of astronomy. It is part of the Third Millennium Culture Collection for general public.
Title: The Evolution of Life from Outer Space
Author: Fred Hoyle & N.C. Wickramasinghe
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Year: 1992
ISBN: 968-16-3551-5
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 191-page book the authors try to change the idea that carbon-based life originated only on Earth.
Title: Extra Terrestrials
Author: Julieta Fierro
Editor: Lectorum
Year: 2000
ISBN: 968-5270-10-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: 5th or 6th grade
This book is 177 pages long and is written in simple Spanish. It has various examples, images, and activities for the reader. The author’s purpose is to answer the following questions: When, where, why and how life comes to be? What is the relationship between living beings and the Universe?
Title: The Family of the Sun
Author: Julieta Fierro & Miguel Ángel Herrera
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica, S.A. De C.V.
Year: 1997
ISBN: 968-16-5372-6
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In four chapters and 177 pages, this book uses many illustrations in black and white to teach the readers about the marvelous discoveries of the solar system.
Title: Fluids, Last Name Of Liquids And Gasses
Author: Ramón Peralta-Fabi
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second edition, first reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-6324-1 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-4215-5 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 151-page book the author explains in very simple language the nature of fluids, how they are described in science, their history, and how they are found in galaxies, hurricanes, and drainages. He also explains turbulence and how is it created, and superfluids.
Title: Frontiers of the Universe
Compiled by: Manuel Peimbert
Editor: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Year: 2000
ISBN: 968-16-6103-6
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior and Senior High School
This book contains nine original essays on basic astronomy. The topics cover the study of the nearest regions of the Universe to the farthest. At the end of each essay, there is a section that explains related or complementary subjects. These are illustrated with images taken by some of the most advanced telescopes in the world.
Title: Vital Cosmic Force
Author: Fred Hoyle & N.C. Wickramasinghe
Translator: Agustín Barcena
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Year: 1992
ISBN: 968-16-3881-6
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 153-page book the authors expose their theory in which they explain that bacteria and viruses carried on comets fell onto our planet, and through complex biochemical systems set the environment for the progressive evolution of the animal kingdom on Earth.
Title: Genesis and Transfiguration of Stars
Author: Joaquín Bohigas
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6598-8 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5263-0 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3440-3 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 137-page book the author explains to the reader the path that the stars follow through their lives, from the way in which they are formed and born to their inevitable death, setting the stage for new generations.
Title: Genetics. The Continuity of Life
Author: Ana Barahona and Daniel Piñero
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6601-1 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6321-7 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-4534-0 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 147-page book is an introduction to genetics. The authors explain with easy and clear language what is studied in this branch of biology...
Title: The Great Party of the Universe
Author: Félix Moreno & Juan Ignacio Medina
Publisher: SM
Year: 2000
ISBN: 84-348-7154-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In 125 pages, with images in black and white, this fun book shows the reader in an easy to follow manner why astronauts see the sky black, why is the Sun burning out, where the universe ends, what is a galaxy, what is the Big Bang theory and many other widely-asked questions.
Title: The Great Illusion III. Gravitational Waves
Author: Jorge Flores Valdés
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 1997 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5236-3-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this book of 110 pages the author explains in a brief and clear way Weber’s experiment, Einsteins’s relativity, the ideas of the Greek, the processes of Galileo, Newton’s laws, the evolution of mechanics, light, electromagnetism, etc.
Title: Guide for Explorers of the Sky: Atlas of the Deep Sky with 50 maps of the Milenium Star Atlas, 96 celestial maps of the northern and southern hemisphere, and 150 color photographs.
Author: Vicente Aupí
Publisher: Omega
Year: 2003
ISBN: 84-282-1286-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book is a complete guide of what we can see in the sky with the naked eye and what we can see with ground and space telescopes, like the Hubble telescope.
Title: A Brief History of the Universe
Author: Ricardo Moreno
Publisher: Edition Rialp, S.A.
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-321-3202-0
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
Ricardo Moreno takes you inside the history of the universe, beginning with the contributions of Galileo, Kepler and Newton, and later to the theories of cosmology. His non-technical language makes the book easy to follow and understand.
Title: The Gobsmacking Galaxy
Author: Kjaartan Poskitt
Translator: Conchita Peraire del Molino
Publisher: Scholastic Publications Ltd.
Year: 1997
ISBN: 84-272-2055-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In 159 pages this book shows the reader many interesting facts about astronomy.
Title: The Tracks of the Atom
Author: Horacio García Fenández
Publisher: CONACULTA
Year: 2000 First Edition
ISBN: 970-18-4429-7
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book is a literary self-portrait for those that would have wanted to be seated next to a famous scientist. The reader will learn about the famous Greek philosophers, the atomic model, the invention of the atomic bomb by Julio Vente, Boyle’s ideas on the nature of matter, and the ideas of Del Río on chemistry and the atom.
Title: Introduction to Astronomy
Author: J.L. Fuentes Yagüe
Publisher: Mundi-Prensa
Year: 1999
ISBN: 84-7114-838-2
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book discusses many of the fundamental concepts in astronomy including the solar system, the characteristics of the stars and galaxies, and the theory of the formation of the universe. It is designed for people that want to learn about astronomy or those that are simply curious.
Title: Young Astronomers. Guide for the Young Amateur Astronomer
Author: Harry Ford
Translation: Pep Verger
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd.
Year: 1998 (First Edition)
ISBN: 84-272-4971-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book is an introduction to the basic concepts of astronomy. It contains safe and easy to follow activities that the reader can do while learning. The book will introduce the reader to the solar system, the characteristics of the planets, the luminosity of the stars and to many other interesting concepts.
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Title: Light
Author: Ana María Cetto
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second edition, first reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5921-X (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2565-X (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 129-page book is an invitation to penetrate the extraordinary and mysterious world of light and optical phenomena.
Title: Manual of the Skies and its Myths
Author: Emma Harding
Translator: Georg Massanés
Publisher: Blume
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-8076-354-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book consist of 176 pages in which the author simply describes how to find the constellations and their Greek and Chinese myths.
Title: Practical Manual for the Amateur Astronomer
Author: José María Oliver
Publisher: De Vecchi, S.A.
Year: 1998
ISBN: 84-315-0043-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School/High School
This magnificent book is a great guide that will help you understand the changes that occurs in our sky. It will help you find the planets, stars and constellations. It also explores the movement of planets and their satellites.
Title: Einstein’s Apple
Author: Francisco Noreña Villarías
Publisher: ADN Editorial, S.A. of C.V.
Year: 1997 First Edition
ISBN: 968-6849-15-7
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In 135 pages divided into five chapters, this book makes reference to Albert Einstein, creator of the special and general theories of relativity. It uses many black and white illustrations to explain the subject in an easy to understand manner.
Title: From the Vapor Machine to Absolute Zero (Heat and Entropy)
Author: Leopoldo García-Colín S.
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second Edition, Third Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5371-8 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2392-4 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 147-page book the author explains in simple language the processes that transform one type of energy into another. Examples include the transformation of electricity into light in a lamp and the transformation of the chemical energy in gasoline into the movement of a car.
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Title: Dark Matter in the Universe
Author: Arcadio Poveda and Miguel Angel Herrera
Publisher: CONACYT and Equipo SIRIUS
Year: 1992
ISBN: 84-86639-52-2
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 122-page book talks in a simple language about the matter that astronomers cannot see but know exists because of the behavior of the matter that is visible.
Title: Man’s Cosmic Home
Author: Marco Arturo Moreno Corral
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 1997
ISBN: 968-16-5421-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 278-page book the author presents to the reader a very complete view of astronomy from the ancient times in which we first asked what is the place of the earth in the universe and what does the universe look like to our current astronomy.
Title: From the Quantum World to the Expanding Universe
Author: Shaen Hacyan
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2002 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6604-6 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-4435-2 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In 107 pages, the author explains in simple language how in the 20th century quantum mechanics and relativity (the fundamental theories of modern physics) radically combined ideas about energy and matter, force, time, and space.
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Title: The World of Stars
Author: José Luis Comellas
Publisher: Equipo SIRIUS
Year: 1997
ISBN: 84-86639-92-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 213-page book provides a very complete and simple description of the stars. The author explains magnitudes of stars, distances in the sky, their effects (absolute magnitudes), the colors of stars...
Title: Us in the Universe
Author: Josep María Trigo I Rodríguez
Translator: Xúlio Ricardo Trigo I Rodríguez
Publisher: Complutense
Year: 2001
ISBN: 84-7491-617-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book is part of the collection La Mirada de la Ciencia (The Look of Science). It is divided into two parts, the first with four chapters in which the author talks about astronomy, the solar system in our galaxy, life in the universe, and the forces that constitute it.
Title: Our Home In Space
Author: José Francisco Valdés
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science from Mexico
Year: 1988
ISBN: 968-16-2919-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
The purpose of the 116-page Our Home In Space is to encourage the development of research and popular knowledge of earth science.
Title: The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos
Author: Michael Rowan-Robinson
Translation: Alejandro Ibarra
Publisher: Oxford University
Year: 1999 (First Edition)
ISBN: 84-7491-616-X
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
Michael Rowan-Robinson explains the nine principles of cosmology, in ten chapters and 219 pages, with easy to follow black and white illustrations. He begins with the basic knowledge, such as that we exist and that we do not live in a special place.
Title: Observing the Sky. A Practical Course of Astronomy
Author: Grupo Astrófilo Lariano
Publisher: De Vencchi
Year: 2002
ISBN: 84-315-2629-7
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book has 254 pages and is divided into two parts, the first about the theory and practice of astronomical observation. Here the author talks about the characteristics of each one of the planets of our solar system, the moon, the sun, the galaxy, and the comets...
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Title: A Look at Matter
Author: Guillermo Aguilar Sahagún, Salvador Cruz Jiménez y Jorge Flores Valdés
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second Edition, Second Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5267-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 170-pages book tries to briefly explain the current state of physics in language that is as simple and non-technical as possible.
Title: Traditional And Modern Optics
Author: Daniel Malacara
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6618-6 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5226-6 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3240-0 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book has 126 pages and it is written according to the author, “in the most descriptive and simple possible way, with the purpose of making it accessible to all types of readers. If this book awakens an interest and admiration for optics in at least some young people, then the author could consider his aspiration in writing this book to be satisfied.”
Title: The Origin of the Solar System
Author: Josep Maria Trigo I Rodríguez
Translation: Xúlio Trigo I Rodríguez
Publisher: Complutense, S.A.
Year: 2001
ISBN: 84-7491-619-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
As the title indicates, this book clearly and briefly explains the origin of the solar system, its location in our galaxy, the origin of the chemical elements and diversity, the formation of terrestrial and giant gaseous planets, the role of comets, asteroids and meteorites in the study of the evolution of the solar system, other planetary systems in our galaxy, and the habitability of other worlds.
Title: The Origin of the Universe
Author: Miguel Ángel Herrera Andrade
Publisher: CONACULTA
Year: 1999 First Edition
ISBN: 970-18-3230-2
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In 155 pages over seven chapters, the author teaches the reader what we know today about the birth of the cosmos. The reader will learn about the famous scientists who made contributions in astronomy and physics.
Title: Solar Gold And Other Sources Of Energy
Author: Juan Tonda
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second Edition, First Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5706-3 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-4268-4 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 150-page book uses anecdotes to relate the history of energy, the different types of energy that we use nowadays, the places where this energy is obtained in distinct forms, and the naive way in which we all use it everyday.
Title: A Walk Through the Heavens
Author: Milton D. Heifetz and Will Tirion
Translator: Julieta Bermejo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 0-521-62513-0
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This is a book that in four chapters guides the reader through the stars, constellations, and their legends in a simple and detailed way. It contains maps and tables that will helps to find the constellations with the naked eye.
Title: Mathematical and Astronomical Thought in Pre-Columbian Mexico
Author: Guillermo Garcés Contreras
Publisher: Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Year: 1995
ISBN: 968-29-7871-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book contains 103 pages over five chapters that narrate the history of one This 360-page book is a very complete and simple description of how mathematics and astronomy were conceived in the time of the Mayan and other cultures. No advanced knowledge of mathematics or astronomy is required in order to enjoy the book, which is divided into three parts...
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Title: Remote Sensing. Our Eyes In Space
Author: Jorge Lira
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 1997 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5230-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 150-page book provides a detailed analysis of all aspects of a new science called remote sensing.
Title: Blue Planet, Gray Planet
Author: Mónica Lavín
Publisher: ADN Editorial, S.A. of C.V.
Year: 1997 First Edition
ISBN: 968-6849-21-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book talks about pollution, a worry to all of those who inhabit this planet. The author shows the reader the effects that pollution has on Earth, using many illustrations in 188 pages and 13 chapters.
Title: The Planets
Author: David McNab y James Younger
Translator: Leopaldo de Miguel
Publisher: Gedisa Editorial, S.A.
Year: 1999
ISBN: 84-7432-765-2
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In eight chapters with colorful images this book introduces the beauty of astronomy. The reader will learn about the solar system, the moon, stars, atmospheres, the origin of rocks, volcanoes, remains of supernovas, high-energy particles, the Milky Way and its structure, elliptical and spiral galaxies, the history of the universe, and many more interesting facts.
Title: Chemistry and the Kitchen
Author: José Luis Córdova Frunz
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2003 (Third Edition, First Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-6608-9 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5402-1 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3568-X (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In this book of 151 pages, the author tries to create in the reader a sense of curiosity for chemistry through explaining that scientific knowledge and common knowledge are very closely related.
Title: Chemistry, Universe, Earth, and Life
Author: Alfonso Romo de Vivar
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2003 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6799-9 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6126-5 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2705-9 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In this book of 160 pages, the author explains the importance of the chemical reactions through the Earth’s, humanity’s, and the universe’s history.
Title: Radioactivity
Author: Silvia Bulbulian
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second Edition, first reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5814-0 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-2651-6 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book has 121 pages and according to the author its purpose is to “show how a series of experiments that took place around the end of the 19th century and that could have passed without anybody noticing them, generated a series of discoveries that took the world in less than half a century, to the most outstanding scientific era in history.”
Title: Stories of Science
Author: Ana María Sánchez Mora
Publisher: ADN Editorial, S.A. of C.V
Year: 1996 First Edition
ISBN: 968-6849-11-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book is very entertaining to read because the reader will learn important information about science in a simple and humorous language.
Title: What Do We Know About the Universe?
Author: Juan Perez Mercader
Publisher: DeBOLSILLO
Year: 2001
ISBN: 84-8450-496-4
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 253-page book the author takes the reader by the hand through 11 chapters in which he tries to explain what is the universe, how it formed, and how it works. In order to do this the author puts the reader in context with respect to the sizes, distances, and space-time of our universe.
Title: Schrödinger: Creator Of Wave Mechanics
Author: Roberto Jiménez
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2001 (Second edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6373-X (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3466-7 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 93-page book is a compilation of papers written by Mexican scientists on the life and work of the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger.
Title: The Sun And The Earth. A Stormy Relationship
Author: Javier A. Otaola, Blanca Mendoza, and Ramón Pérez
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second Edition, First Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5925-2 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3741-0 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In this 119-page book the authors talk about the relationship between the earth and the sun, which involves the heliosphere, magnetosphere, ionosphere, terrestrial atmosphere, the interconnections between the diverse regions in the space between the celestial bodies, and the mechanisms through which energy is transferred inside the system.
Title: Superconductors
Author: Luis Fernando Magaña Solís
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second Edition, Second Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-5329-7
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 123-page book is about superconductivity, a state of matter that does not present any kind of electrical resistance, and how it is obtained.
Title: The Third Planet. Age, Structure, and Composition of Earth
Author: Juan Manuel Espíndola
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6599-6 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5237-1 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-3040-8 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 125-page book is divided into two parts. In the first part the author talks about the way in which scientists have estimated the age of Earth through radioactivity and the study of meteors and moon rocks...
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Title: Weather and Climate
Author: Ma. Millán
Publisher: Molino
Collection: Miniguía
Year: 2001 (Second reprint revised and updated)
ISBN: 968-766-862-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 160-page pocket-sized miniguide contains a simple, but detailed description full of images of everyday meteorological phenomena that affect the weatherand determine the climate. It helps us understand the characteristics of a determined place as well as its evolution through out the year and through history.
Title: Earth, an active planet
Author: Various
Publisher:
Year:
ISBN: 84-667-1395-6
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book describes some amazing facts about the Earth in ninety-five pages. It is divided into three sections: a living planet, rocks and minerals, and the atmosphere and climates. The book contains many color photos, maps, and diagrams with many informative easy to follow instructions.
Title: Earth
Author: Alejandro Estallo
Publisher: Molino
Collection: Miniguía
Year: 1999 (first reprint)
ISBN: 968-7668-61-X
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 160-page pocket-sized mini-guide contains a detailed description of the earth.
Title: Light Traps
Author: Carlos Ruiz Mejía
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2000 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5221-5-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
According to the author, this 204-page book explains what happens in the atoms of materials that work as light traps. It involves a discussion about the nature of light, of crystalline matter, and the interaction between light and matter. The title of the book comes from the very well known phenomenon of phosphorescence.
Title: Disturbing the Universe
Author: Freeman Dyson
Translator: Jenny Kesnikoff and Juan José Utrilla
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica and CONACYT
Year: 1983
ISBN: 969-16-1293-0
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This 316-page book is a summary of 50 years of the author’s life and work. Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, Freeman Dyson makes reflects on his life and his interest in biology and genetics.
Title: Trigonometry
Author: Thompson
Translator: Ricardo Ortíz Vázquez
Publisher: Limusa
Collection: Math At Everyone’s Reach
Year: 1993 (second reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-4270-7
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book covers trigonometry as an area that follows algebra and geometry, so for the reader that already has knowledge of these areas, the language used in this book is simple and even self-teaching.
Title: The Universe in the Third Millennium
Author: R. Alemán, F. Anguita, M. Barceló, X. Barçons, et al
Publisher: Equipo Sirius S.A.
Year: 2000
ISBN: 84-95495-02-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
This book promotes science literacy. It is a compilation of various experts in astronomy.
Title: The Universe in a Nutshell
Author: Stephen Hawking
Translator: David Jou
Publisher: Crítica/Planeta
Year: 2003 (8th Edition)
ISBN: 84-8432-293-9
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
With his peculiar enthusiasm, professor Hawkings invites the reader to accompany him on a colossal voyage through space and time...
Title: Essential Science: The Expanding Universe
Author: Mark Garlick
Translator: Valerian Stoopen Barois
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited, a Penguin Company
Year: 2002
ISBN: 0-7513-3714-5
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
“Mark A. Garlick creates a history map of the expanding universe, from is explosive beginning to the formation of stars, galaxies and planets, and the origin of life.”
Title: An Expanding Universe
Author: Luis F. Rodríguez
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science for Everyone
Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-6510-4 (Third Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-5223-1 (Second Edition)
ISBN: 968-16-1198-2 (First Edition)
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This 110-page book is a clear and simple introduction to the world of astronomy. The author talks about the earth, the sun, the birth of a star, the three possible deaths of a star, the Milky Way and other galaxies, the expanding universe...
Title: The Universe
Author: Various
Publisher: Larousse
Year: 1997
ISBN: 84-8016-704-1
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book includes many color photos, drawings and diagrams that are accompanied with a plethora of information about the universe and famous astronomers. The book is divided into four parts: observation of the sky, the Solar System, stars and galaxies, and the exploration of space.
Title: The Universe
Author: Christopher Oxlade
Translator: María de la Serna
Publisher: CITEM
Year: 2001
ISBN: 950-11-1541-X
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book of 24 pages has brief and concrete information about maps and theories of the open and closed universe, the sun, the life of a star, etc.
Title: The Universe at Your Fingertips
Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High and High School
A Collection of Hands-on Astronomy Activities in Spanish from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Title: The Universe
Author: Julieta Fierro
Editor: Tercer Milenio—Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
Year: 1997
ISBN: 970-18-0240-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: : Junior High School
This book addresses the organization, composition, proportions, shape, origins, and probable destiny of the Universe through simple definitions and examples. It is 63 pages long and is accessible to all ages. It is part of the Third Millenium Culture Collection.
Title: Vacuum And Its Applications
Author: Laura Talavera and Mario Flores
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Collection: Science from Mexico
Year: 1998 (Second Reprint)
ISBN: 968-16-4734-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: High School
In this 85-page book the authors explain in a simple, clear way relationships between humans and vacuum, including the ways to create a vacuum and the many applications of vacuums in everyday life, the laboratory, and industry.
Title: Extraterrestrial Life
Author: Miguel Ángel Herrera
Publisher: Tercer Milenio
Year: 1999
ISBN: 970-18-2327-3
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
In this 63-page book the author answers in a brief and clear way questions such as “What fantasies did extraterrestrial life provoke in our ancestors? What is the opinion of the modern man on this theme? Have the ideas changed with time? What is the real possibility that life exists elsewhere? What do scientists think about the topic?”.
Title: ...And they landed on the moon. From Fiction to Reality
Author: Hergé, Bob de Moor
Translation: Rafael Clemente
Publisher: Exclusivity Casterman
Year: 1985 (1st Edition)
ISBN: 84-261-319-8
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
This book is very easy to understand. The book shows us how Hergé invented with his great talent as a narrator, a story with many realistic aspects. The book contains 41 pages, which introduces us to the fiction and reality of landing on the Moon.
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Media
Title: Collection: Ciencia a tu alcance—Science at Your Reach (Compact Disc)
Author: Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia—UNAM
Date: September, 2000
Duration: 16:51
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior and Senior High School
This CD contains 12 short radio shows that talk about different science subjects in a language that is accessible to all audiences.
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Title: Far Beyond the Stars: Stellar Evolution, Black Holes, and Binary Stars (Video)
Author: Luis de la Hidalga Ç TV UNAM
Script: Norma Ávila y Luis de la Hidalga
Production: 1998
Content Assessor: Julieta Fierro
Suggested academic level to use the video: Junior High School
This video consists of three parts. The first part is called Stellar Evolution. Here Julieta Fierro tells the audience about the life of stars, how they are born, and how they die. The second part of the video is called Black Holes. This part talks about the escape velocity of the Earth, light, and explains how gravity is related to the formation of black holes. The third part of the video is called Binary Stars and explains binary stars and how common they are in the Universe.
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Periodicals
Title: How do you see this? (4.41)
Author: Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia—UNAM
Year: 4
Number: 41
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
Web site: www.comoves.unam.mx
This is a monthly science publication. The astronomy article is in the news section of this magazine and is called The Color of the Universe. It talks about the Turquoise Universe Theory of two astronomers at Johns Hopkins University.
Title: How do you see this? (4.44)
Author: Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia—UNAM
Year: 4
Number: 44
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
Web site: www.comoves.unam.mx
This is a monthly science publication. The astronomy article is called Black Holes. It explains what Black Holes are, what is inside them, defines event horizon, singularity, and worms hole.
Title: How do you see this? (4.45)
Author: Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia—UNAM
Year: 4
Number: 45
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
Web site: www.comoves.unam.mx
This is a monthly science publication. The astronomy article is called It was like this: Experiments with Galaxies. It talks about the 74 light bulb experiment invented by the Swedish astronomer Erik Holmberg in 1937, to study the collision between galaxies.
Title: How do you see this? (4.47)
Author: Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia—UNAM
Year: 4
Number: 47
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
Web site: www.comoves.unam.mx
This is a monthly science publication. The astronomy article is called Sputnik: Two Things Happening at the Same Time. It talks about the help received from the Observatory of Manchester University to locate the rocket that was carrying the satellite.
Title: How do you see this? (5.49)
Author: Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia—UNAM
Year: 5
Number: 49
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
Web site: www.comoves.unam.mx
This is a monthly science publication. This issue does not contain any particular article on astronomy. The main article is about physics and it is called Quantum Teletransportation.
Title: How do you see this? (5.50)
Author: Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia—UNAM
Year: 5
Number: 50
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior High School
Web site: www.comoves.unam.mx
This is a monthly science publication. The astronomy article in this issue is in the first part; technology and science news. It is called A Black Hole in the Milky Way. It says that the astronomer Rainer Schoedel is sure that there is a massive Black Hole in the center of the Milky Way.
Title: The Divulging Candy
Author: Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia—UNAM
Date: June / July 2002
Number: 19
Suggested reader’s academic level: Junior and Senior High School
This is a monthly publication. Its purpose is to expunge science in Mexico. It is 24 pages long and pays homage to Miguel Ángel Herrera, whom was an active member of the International Astronomical Union and others.
