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Very Short Introductions

  • Год издания: 2013
Thought: A Very Short Introduction
Thought: A Very Short Introduction
Tim Bayne
There is no denying that thinking comes naturally to human beings and that thinking is indeed centra...
  • Год издания: 2007
Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction
Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction
Steven Beller
Anti-Semitism has been a chillingly persistent presence throughout the last millennium, culminating...
  • Год издания: 2000
Sociology: A Very Short Introduction
Sociology: A Very Short Introduction
Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce conveys the essence of the field of sociology in this fascinating volume. A well-known p...
  • Год издания: 2012
Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction
Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Mumford
Metaphysics is traditionally one of the four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic an...
  • Год издания: 2002
Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Howe
A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all hist...
  • Год издания: 2011
Humanism: A Very Short Introduction
Humanism: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Law
What is humanism? Can there be morality without God? Without religion, are our lives left without me...
  • Год издания: 2002
Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction
Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction
Roger Scruton
Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant at...
  • Год издания: 2008
Relativity: A Very Short Introduction
Relativity: A Very Short Introduction
Russell Stannard
If you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier. Travel fast enoug...
  • Год издания: 2013
Climate: A Very Short Introduction
Climate: A Very Short Introduction
Mark Maslin
In this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate, Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the gl...
  • Год издания: 2010
Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction
Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction
Rodolfo Saracci
Epidemiology plays an all-important role in many areas of medicine, from discovering the relationshi...
  • Год издания: 2012
Plague: A Very Short Introduction
Plague: A Very Short Introduction
Paul Slack
This Very Short Introduction explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries, the ways i...
  • Год издания: 2014
American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction
American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction
G. Edward White
Law has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has not j...
  • Год издания: 2013
Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction
Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction
Sebastian Amyes
Bacteria form a fundamental branch of life. They are the oldest forms of life and the most prolific...
  • Год издания: 2001
Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Simon Critchley
In this enlightening new Very Short Introduction, Simon Critchley shows us that Continental philosop...
  • Год издания: 2012
Work: A Very Short Introduction
Work: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Fineman
The image of a job captures our imagination from an early age, usually prompted by the question 'Wha...
  • Год издания: 2013
Causation: A Very Short Introduction
Causation: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Mumford
Causation is the most fundamental connection in the universe. Without it, there would be no science...