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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2015
Love: A Very Short Introduction
Love: A Very Short Introduction
Ronald de Sousa
Although there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's m...
  • Год издания: 2011
Pentecostalism: A Very Short Introduction
Pentecostalism: A Very Short Introduction
William Kay
In religious terms Pentecostalism was probably the most vibrant and rapidly-growing religious moveme...
  • Год издания: 2014
Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
Питер Эткинс
With the development of a variety of exciting new areas of research involving computational chemistr...
  • Год издания: 2015
Corruption
Corruption
Leslie Holmes
Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising c...
  • Год издания: 2013
Management: A Very Short Introduction
Management: A Very Short Introduction
John Hendry
Leading management scholar, John Hendry provides a lively introduction to the nature and practice of...
  • Год издания: 2014
Materials: A Very Short Introduction
Materials: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Hall
In this Very Short Introduction, Christopher Hall shows how material science combines physics, chemi...
  • Год издания: 2014
Iran: A Very Short Introduction
Iran: A Very Short Introduction
Али Ансари
Iran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to h...
  • Год издания: 2014
Theatre
Theatre
Marvin Carlson
From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around t...
  • Год издания: 2009
Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction
Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Robinson
Writing is the defining marker of civilization, without which there could be no records, no history,...
  • Год издания: 2014
Complexity: A Very Short Introduction
Complexity: A Very Short Introduction
John Holland
The importance of complexity is well-captured by Hawking's comment: "Complexity is the science of th...
  • Год издания: 2013
Food: A Very Short Introduction
Food: A Very Short Introduction
John Krebs
In this Very Short Introduction, Prof Lord John Krebs provides a brief history of human food, from o...
  • Год издания: 2009
Communism
Communism
Leslie Holmes
If now in decline since the tumultuous events of 1989, communism was without doubt the great politic...
  • Год издания: 2014
Family Law
Family Law
Джонатан Херринг
What is a family? What makes someone a parent? What rights should children have? Family Law: A Very...
  • Год издания: 2013
Fractals
Fractals
Kenneth Falconer
From the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds, and the branching of trees, fractal shape...
  • Год издания: 2014
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Matthew Kapstein
The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over thirteen centuries of continuous development. During t...
  • Год издания: 2014
Structural Engineering
Structural Engineering
David Blockley
Have you ever wondered how it's possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a crui...