Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction by Jim Fraser
$17.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Forensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profiling work? How can it help solve crimes that happened 20 years ago? In forensic science, a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair, a blood trace, half a footprint, or a tyre m ...Show more
Evil: a Very Short Introduction by Luke Russell
$19.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder. Yet sometimes even the cynical and world-weary amongst us are taken aback. Sometimes we confront a crime so terrible, so h ...Show more
Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction by Samir Okasha
$19.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
How much faith should we place in what scientists tell us? Is it possible for scientific knowledge to be fully "objective?" What, really, can be defined as science? In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Samir Okasha explores the main themes and theories of contemporary philosophy of sci ...Show more
Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction by Daniel Pick
$28.00 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions
Since its inception, psychoanalysis has been hailed as a revolutionary theory of how the mind works, whilst some of its ideas such as the Oedipus complex have become part of everyday conversation. In Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction, Daniel Pick offers a lucid, lively, and wide-ranging survey o ...Show more
John Stuart Mill A Very Short Introduction by Claeys Gregory
$19.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Science and Religion: a Very Short Introduction by Thomas Dixon; Adam Shapiro
$19.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Debates about science and religion are rarely out of the news. Whether it concerns what's being taught in schools, clashes between religious values and medical recommendations, or questions about how to address our changing global environment, emotio ...Show more
Geometry A Very Short Introduction by Dunajski Maciej
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Theodor W Adorno A Very Short Introduction by Bowie Andrew
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Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Just, John D. Monaghan
$19.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
This Very Short Introduction explores the fundamental concepts of social and cultural anthropology; its methods; and its contributions to modern thought. This new edition explores the 'cultural construction' of social categories, such as gender, as well as discussing recent work on migration, and the de ...Show more
Pain: A Very Short Introduction by Rob Boddice
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Very Short Introductions
What is pain? Has the experience of pain always been the same? How is pain related to the emotions, to culture, and to pleasure? What happens to us when we feel pain? How does pain work in the body and in the brain? In this Very Short Introduction, Rob Boddice explores the history, culture, and medical ...Show more
Introducing Quantum Theory: A Graphic Guide by J.P. McEvoy, Oscar Zarate
$16.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. At the subatomic level, one particle seems to know what the others are doing, and according to Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle", there is a limit on how accurately nature can be observed. And yet the ...Show more
Tides: A Very Short Introduction by Bowers, David George (Emeritus Professor of Physical Oceanography, Bangor University), Roberts, Emyr Martyn (Researcher, University of Bergen)
$18.95 AUD
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The tide is the greatest synchronised movement of matter on our planet. Every drop of seawater takes part in tidal motion, driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. At the coast, we see the tide as a twice-daily rise and fall of sea level that moves the edge of the sea up and down a beach or ...Show more