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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2010
German Philosophy
German Philosophy
Andrew Bowie
German philosophy stands at the center of modern thought. Without Kant, Frege, Wittgenstein, and Hus...
  • Год издания: 2012
Stars
Stars
Andrew King
Every atom of our bodies has been part of a star. In this lively and compact introduction, astrophys...
  • Год издания: 2011
Genius
Genius
Andrew Robinson
Genius is the name we give to a quality of work that transcends fashion, celebrity, fame, and reputa...
  • Год издания: 2010
Landscapes and Geomorphology
Landscapes and Geomorphology
Andrew Goudie
Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what go...
  • Год издания: 2013
Colonial America
Colonial America
Alan Taylor
In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as na...
  • Год издания: 2013
The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction
The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Ashley Jackson
From the eighteenth century until the 1950s, the British Empire was the largest and most far-flung p...
  • Год издания: 2010
Druids: A Very Short Introduction
Druids: A Very Short Introduction
Barry Cunliffe
The Druids have been known and discussed for at least 2400 years, first by Greek writers and later b...
  • Год издания: 2003
The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
Barry Cunliffe
Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous...
  • Год издания: 2003
Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
Brian Charlesworth
This book illuminates the crucial role of evolutionary biology in transforming our view of human ori...
  • Год издания: 2001
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
C. Taylor
In this book, Christopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and the e...
  • Год издания: 2002
Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction
Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction
Catherine Belsey
Poststructuralism changes the way we understand the relations between human beings, their culture, a...
  • Год издания: 2013
Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
Charles Foster
Medical law touches on many of society's most hotly debated issues, from the status of the embryo to...
  • Год издания: 2011
Risk: A Very Short Introduction
Risk: A Very Short Introduction
Baruch Fischhoff
We find risk everywhere - from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therap...
  • Год издания: 2014
Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
Christina Riggs
From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some...
  • Год издания: 2010
Modernism: A Very Short Introduction
Modernism: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Butler
Modernism ushered in some of the most exciting innovations in art and literature, from Fauvism, Cubi...
  • Год издания: 2003
Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction
Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Butler
Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it b...