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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2011
Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Smith
In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Smith shows how the field of environmental economics looks...
  • Год издания: 2011
Jesus: A Very Short Introduction
Jesus: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Bauckham
Award-winning religious scholar Richard Bauckham here explores the historical figure of Jesus, evalu...
  • Год издания: 2003
Locke
Locke
John Dunn
John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early ei...
  • Год издания: 2005
Foucault
Foucault
Gary Gutting
From aesthetics to the penal system, and from madness and civilization to avant-garde literature, Fo...
  • Год издания: 2011
The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction
The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction
Эрик Сцерри
In this authoritative Very Short Introduction to the periodic table, Eric Scerri presents a modern a...
  • Год издания: 2006
Photography
Photography
Steve Edwards
Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives from sensationalist images in tabloid papers and...
  • Год издания: 2001
Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein
Anthony Grayling
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentiet...
  • Год издания: 2006
The Renaissance
The Renaissance
Jerry Brotton
More than ever before, the Renaissance stands out as one of the defining moments in world history. B...
  • Год издания: 2003
The History of Astronomy
The History of Astronomy
Michael Hoskin
This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to th...
  • Год издания: 2002
Mathematics
Mathematics
Timothy Gowers
The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced,...
  • Год издания: 2010
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
Scott Hendrix
When Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses (reputedly nailed to the door of the Castle Church...
  • Год издания: 2002
Russell
Russell
Anthony Grayling
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth c...
  • Год издания: 2012
Anaesthesia
Anaesthesia
Aidan O'Donnell
What do anaesthetists do? How does anaesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anaestheti...
  • Год издания: 2008
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS
Alan Whiteside
HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. As of 2004 an e...
  • Год издания: 2012
Robotics
Robotics
Alan Winfield
Robotics is a key technology in the modern world, a well-established part of manufacturing and wareh...
  • Год издания: 2002
Architecture
Architecture
Andrew Ballantyne
This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural sign...