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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2001
Darwin
Darwin
Jonathan Howard
"Darwin's theory of evolution, which implied that our ancestors were apes, caused a furore in the sc...
  • Год издания: 2000
Nietzsche
Nietzsche
Michael Tanner
With his well-known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and p...
  • Год издания: 2009
Free Speech
Free Speech
Nigel Warburton
Voltaire's comment--"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say...
  • Год издания: 2009
Fashion
Fashion
Rebecca Arnold
Fashion is a gigantic global industry, generating some three hundred billion dollars in revenue ever...
  • Год издания: 2002
Fascism
Fascism
Kevin Passmore
What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? This book argues that it is both: fascis...
  • Год издания: 2007
Game Theory
Game Theory
Ken Binmore
Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunte...
  • Год издания: 2010
Film Music
Film Music
Kathryn Kalinak
Film music is as old as cinema itself. Years before synchronized sound became the norm, projected mo...
  • Год издания: 2012
The Devil
The Devil
Darren Oldridge
The Devil has fascinated Christians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many haunting...
  • Год издания: 2011
The Cell
The Cell
Terence Allen
In this Very Short Introduction, Terrence Allen and Graham Cowling offer an illuminating account of...
  • Год издания: 2011
Viruses
Viruses
Dorothy Crawford
In recent years, the world has witnessed dramatic outbreaks of such dangerous viruses such as HIV, H...
  • Год издания: 2011
The Animal Kingdom
The Animal Kingdom
Peter Holland
The animal world is immensely diverse, and our understanding of it has been greatly enhanced by anal...
  • Год издания: 2000
Marx
Marx
Питер Сингер
In Marx: A Very Short Introdution, Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's th...
  • Год издания: 2010
Information
Information
Luciano Floridi
We live in a society that is awash with information, but few of us really understand what informatio...
  • Год издания: 2003
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Chris Frith
The schizophrenic patient presented to the public in sensational press reports and lurid films bears...
  • Год издания: 2012
Sleep
Sleep
Steven Lockley
Why do we need sleep? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? This Very Short Introduc...
  • Год издания: 2001
Jung
Jung
Anthony Stevens
This is the most lucid and timely introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung available to date....