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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2000
  • Количество страниц: 96
Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
Квентин Скиннер
Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil that good may come of it....
  • Год издания: 2008
  • Количество страниц: 164
The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction
The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction
Pink Dandelion
Here is the perfect introductory guide to the history and ideas of the Quakers, one of the world's m...
  • Год издания: 2009
The Soviet Union
The Soviet Union
Stephen Lovell
The Soviet Union at its height occupied one sixth of the world's land mass, encompassed fifteen repu...
  • Год издания: 2013
Symmetry
Symmetry
Йэн Стюарт
Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences. In this Very...
  • Год издания: 2012
  • Количество страниц: 106
Languages: A Very Short Introduction
Languages: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Anderson
How many languages are there? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languag...
  • Год издания: 2001
  • Количество страниц: 155
Barthes: A Very Short Introduction
Barthes: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Culler
Roland Barthes was the leading figure of French Structuralism, the theoretical movement of the 1960s...
  • Год издания: 2000
  • Количество страниц: 129
Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction
Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction
Paul Bahn
This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology-a subject...
  • Год издания: 2000
  • Количество страниц: 169
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction
Michael Inwood
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is probably the most divisive philosopher of the twentieth century: vie...
  • Год издания: 2008
  • Количество страниц: 193
Scotland: A Very Short Introduction
Scotland: A Very Short Introduction
Rab Houston
Scotland's past is too often seen through a film of myths and misconceptions. In this Very Short Int...
  • Год издания: 2003
  • Количество страниц: 117
Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
David Miller
This Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the key concepts of political philosophy: au...
  • Год издания: 2009
  • Количество страниц: 169
Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction
Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Blundell
Superconductivity--the flow of electric current without resistance in certain materials as temperatu...
  • Год издания: 2011
  • Количество страниц: 145
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Bronner
Critical Theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jew...
  • Год издания: 2005
Socialism
Socialism
Michael Newman
Today, most people think of socialism as an outdated ideology. In this Very Short Introduction, Mich...
  • Год издания: 2000
  • Количество страниц: 145
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Julia Annas
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which the notes of discussion...
  • Год издания: 2016
Babylonia: A Very Short Introduction
Babylonia: A Very Short Introduction
Trevor Bryce
The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopotamia is epic. After playing host to three great e...
  • Год издания: 2014
Hormones: A Very Short Introduction
Hormones: A Very Short Introduction
Martin Luck
Hormones play an integral part in the balance and workings of the body. While many people are broadl...