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The Time Traveller
YOUNG
READERS/ADULT SERIES Fiction,
world history, science, philosophy and art Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: Einstein, Picasso, Agatha and Chaplin The
Phantom of the Opera Carmen
EXTRA-CLASS
YOUNG READERS SERIES Fiction,
extra-class education, world history Caius Zip, the Time Traveller, in: Ramses II and the Battle of Kadesh PART
I YOUNG
READERS/ADULT SERIES Fiction,
world history, science, philosophy and art Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: Einstein, Picasso, Agatha and Chaplin
How to explain the theory of relativity, cubism, travelling in the time and unmask a murderer.
Caius
Zip, the young time traveller, arrives at Paris in 1905. The turn of
the 20th century is a period that sizzles with ideas and realizations and
the Universe is about to be contemplated as it never was before. On the
night that Einstein launched the famous E=mc2 formula on paper, he
disappeared for a few days. Where was he? In this
work of fiction, Einstein was resting in Paris before his innovating
Theory of Relativity enlightened him. At that same time, Picasso was just
starting on his idea of breaking with conventional perspective. Both
characters seek the same concept: space-time relation. The encounter
between art and science is finally possible by means of a limitless
imagination. Accompany
the descriptions of interesting places of the belle époque in Paris and
the memorable dialogue between Caius, Einstein, Picasso, Agatha, André
Salmon, the poet, and Gertrude Stein, the sponsor of the novice Picasso, at
the Spanish painter’s atelier on how art, literature, science,
travelling in time and mystery are intertwined. Caius
penetrates the birth of the theory of relativity and cubism and also
manages to solve a murder mystery with the help of his two teenage
friends, Agatha Cristie, with her investigative mind and Charlie Chaplin,
who provides a touch of magic to this surprising work of fiction. After
all and as Einstein once said: “The most beautiful thing we
can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and
science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to
wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed”.
The dialogue about the theory of relativity , between Caius, Einstein, Picasso, Agatha, André Salmon, the poet, and Getrude Stein, the sponsor of the novice Picasso, at the Spanish painter’s atelier on how art, literature, science, travelling in time and mystery are intertwined.
Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: Napoleon
Bonaparte in Russia How some mathematical calculations can be crucial for taking strategic decisions in this battle of empires
Caius Zip takes part in the invasion of the French army in the city of
Moscow, commanded by the legendary Napoleon. He also meets the Russian
marshal, Kutuzov, the man with the mission to block the huge
Napoleonic army. Caius attends a dinner in which there is a memorable dialogue with Napoleon, of a determined and captivating personality, the faithful Marshal Ney and, on the Russian side, the patriotic princess, Natasha. During the dinner, Caius listens in awe to the narration of Napoleon’s strategies and exploits, up to the moment of the invasion of Moscow. A great lesson of strategy and of a notable human virtue: patience! Caius meets the great Russian commander-in-chief who, resisting the pressures of other officials and even of the tsar himself, persisted with his strategy of avoiding direct combat with Napoleon’s Grande Armeé. Kutuzov retreats and hinders the life of the invaders, cutting their supply lines and constantly beating them with guerrilla tactics, until the arrival of his great ally: General Winter. The participation of Caius will be important in this historical moment, as he solves enigmas and learns with the Russian marshal how some mathematical calculations can be crucial in taking strategic decisions in this battle of empires. After the story, in a very original manner, Napoleon tells us his memories of that time.
Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: Alexander
the Great in India
100
Pages The
young time traveller, Caius Zip, embarks on a long journey full of action
and challenges in the form of enigmas. He crosses unexplored India with
the Macedonian army, led by Alexander the Great. See
the engineering of a Greek war, the war elephants, Callisthenes the
historian, the attack of the crocodiles, the letters from Aristotle and
Alexander’s mother and how Caius helps Alexander in the difficult
challenge of the 6 black pearls of the gods Shiva, Zeus, Amon and Ahura
Mazda.
Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: The
Phantom of the Opera 150
pages You
and Caius Zip will uncover the mystery in Paris, 1885. The characters will
be on the stage of the Opera of Paris and in rehearsals, watching and
participating in the staging of the Bizet’s opera, Carmen. Behind
the scenes, a phantom lurks. But is he from the opera? Murders take place
that you and Caius, together with the young H. G. Wells and Sherlock
Holmes, must solve by using deduction. Many others will be involved in
this mystery and suspense plot. The entire cast of the opera will
concentrate on performing the whole four acts of Carmen and will do what
is in their power to lift those curtains, facing the fear and uncertainty
of the final outcome. In
the meantime, impressionist art will show the extent in which it is
interrelated with science. How? Read about the meeting at Monet’s house
with the painters Van Gogh, Degas, Renoir, Cezanne, Lautrec, Rodin, Berth
Morisot and the participation of Sherlock, Wells and Caius that, like the
great painters, will add their own brushstrokes to the discussion on
creative forms of time travel.
Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: The
Enigma of the Druids 102
pages An
extraordinary book about a magical world! The young Caius Zip, the time
traveller, finds himself in a place with no time or space; a world that
humans only know in their dreams…infinity. Caius discovers that his
life on earth is…a mere illusion! In this
magical world, Caius is called on by mystical beings led by Brigit and
Drull, the druids, to face the great battle between good and evil. Is it
yet another story on the eternal conflict or might we finally see
the truth about humanity through the enigmas? Read to find out. In this adventure, Caius becomes Ka, the elf, the being he was before entering the world of the mortals and be born as a human. After all, humans did live in infinity once and were mythological beings. During the battle, Caius also discovers how knowledge, ratio and proportion will take him to a great aftermath.
Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: Tutankhamun 172
pages Caius
Zip ends up being ejected from the time machine and finds himself in the
most desolate place imaginable: the desert. With each step in that vast
emptiness, the unbearable heat slowly devours the time traveller’s
memory. Once rescued, he gets involved in the discovery of the tomb of
Tutankhamen together with its discoverer, Howard Carter. However,
destiny takes its turns and the amnesiac also gets involved with tomb
thieves and irate gods that defy him with ingenious mathematical enigmas. Plenty
of action, information on Ancient Egypt and an unexpected end await Caius
Zip and you. PART
II EXTRA-CLASS
YOUNG READERS SERIES Fiction,
Education, Extra-class Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: MATHEMATICS
– What Beast is this?
Fun with Mathematics 170
pages Caius
Zip is a teenager that, during his private maths classes, disappears into
thin air. Caius was chosen for a very special purpose to travel in time.
He must face mysterious cases, adventures, fun and, mostly, his biggest
fear: the monster of maths – Enigmat. Apart
from the entertaining chapters, this book has a strong didactic content
and each story tackles one of the mathematical concepts taught in the 5th
grade, like: Power – Divisibility – Fractional exponents – Prime
Numbers – GCD (Greatest Common Divisor) – LCM (Least Common Multiple)
– Fraction – Decimal Numbers - Periodic fractions – Measurement
Units Conversion – Percentage.
Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in:
Ramses
II and the Battle of Kadesh
Learning
geometry with the great pharaoh
85
pages Caius,
the young time traveller, will learn the wisdom of Ancient Egypt with the
great Pharaoh Ramses II. The main architect of the Pharaoh, plus
the Greek scientist who visited Egypt for studying geometry and the pharaoh’s main wife, the
beautiful Nefertari, will teach Caius the principles of Geometry. An
impressive narration on the effort of the Egyptians in the building of
their great monuments. Caius
will participate in this effort with the calculations of area and volume
of the pyramids In the
famous battle of Kadesh, an important location in present day Syria,
between the two largest eastern powers of that period, the time traveller
will help the great pharaoh to win the battle against the Hittite army.
How? Aiding in the construction of traps where he will use his newly
acquired knowledge of Geometry. After the story, there is a description of that time in a very interesting manner, in the form of "Memoirs of Ramses II".
More than
acquiring knowledge, this book is also about a young person acquiring
maturity, as the Greek scientist said at the end of the story: “One
cannot enter the same river twice as new waters are always flowing.
Everything is constantly flowing.” The Greek turned to look at Caius
and concluded, “Including you, my friend. You are changing, Caius. You
are ‘growing’, in the true essence of the word.” “I
am not feeling any of that, Heraclitus. I still have so many doubts. I
am still only a kid.” “You
don’t need to feel, boy. Time is your ally and with it, you will
discover all you need to know. Never forget that on your journeys.”
Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in: Returning
Home 167
pages This
book comprises four stories. In the first story, Caius returns to his room
where his travels began and discovers that, for those he left behind, only
30 minutes passed since his disappearance. Does everything go back to
normal? Are his travels over? For the meantime, there is nothing better than to take part in a card contest where the players have to compete with
the help of the Set Theory. Caius’
destiny, however, does not allow him to remain in the same place and takes
him to the centre of the Stock market crisis of 1929, in New York. In this
city, together with a completely depressed banker, he learns about the
need to control negative numbers, in the form of debts and the vertiginous
fall of the stock exchange, and how the study of simple and compound
interest can help them. The 20’s are characterized by the Cotton Club, Charles
Chaplin, Duke
Ellington, jazz
and Charleston
and the building of the Empire State Building…. After
this crisis, what better than to relax in another journey in time? What
about a sea voyage? In this third adventure, Caius finds himself on a
British Destoyer in hot pursuit of a German submarine, a U-Boat. The crew
is anxious to put its hands on the most powerful German weapon, the Enigma
machine, and so change the course of the Second World War, granting
victory to the allies. Will mathematics serve as an ally for this purpose?
Discover how analyzing coordinates can be crucial in a battle. As
a conclusion to this journey, nothing better that to know the future and
see how your friends are doing, how mathematics is timeless and how Caius
Zip interacts with first degree inequations.
Caius
Zip, the Time Traveller, in:
Caius
vs. Caius 81
pages The
story unfolds in a school in a large city, somewhere in the world. Caius
Zip discovers that someone just like him, his clone, is trying to take his
place. The
clone undergoes an existential crisis because he discovers that his
memories are not his own and that becomes his biggest nightmare. After
all, what can be worse than to be a teenager with all your doubts and
fears, than to know that those doubts and fears are not yours! A
creative schoolteacher gives a different type of class so the students can
learn the theory of relativity and the concepts behind the building of a
time machine. Caius Zip learns the principles of physics by performing
stunts during a skateboarding competition.
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