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Desperately Seeking Paradise : Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim by Ziauddin Sardar
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Ziauddin Sardar tells of his quest to grasp the meaning of his religion in contemporary society, his journey taking him across the Muslim world.Ziauddin Sardar, one of the foremost Muslim intellectuals in Britain, learned the Koran at his mother's knee in Pakistan. As a young student in London he set ou ...Show more
Introducing Chaos by Ziauddin Sardar
$19.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Chaos is the most important advance in science since the advent of Quantum Theory in the early 1900s. It began with the discovery of randomness in supposedly predictable physical systems and has evolved into a new science that declares that the universe is far more unpredictable than we ever imagined. M ...Show more
Introducing Chaos: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar, Iwona Abrams
$16.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing...
"Introducing Chaos" explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also examines the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationship between chaos and complexit ...Show more
Introducing Cultural Studies by Ziauddin Sardar (illus Borin van Loon)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Cultural studies - indisputably the hottest subject on planet earth! But what exactly is it? Where does it come from? What is it for? It is a discipline that claims not to be a discipline, a critical approach to identity and race, literature and imperialism, peasants and capitalists, 'high' and 'low' cu ...Show more
Introducing Cultural Studies: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar
$16.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Covering the ground from Antonio Gramsci to Raymond Williams, postcolonial discourse to the politics of diaspora, feminism to queer theory, technoculture and the media to globalization, Introducing Cultural Studies serves as an insightful guide to the essential concepts of this fascinating area of study ...Show more
Introducing Islam by Ziauddin Sardar
$19.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions, a culture with 1500 years of history and a civilization of one billion people, constituting a quarter of humanity. Yet it is seen only in terms of oil and turmoil, fundamentalism and bigotry. A potent political force in global affairs, the religi ...Show more
Introducing Islam: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar
$16.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... S.
Islamic culture has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. "Introducing Islam" is a fascinating look into a sometimes misunderstood faith.
Introducing Mathematics by Ziauddin Sardar, Jerry Ravetz, Borin van Loon
$19.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Introducing... S. | Reading Level: very good
Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to such topics as number-systems, geometry and algebra, calculus, the theory of the infinite, statistical reasoning and chaos theory. ...Show more
Introducing Mathematics: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar, Jerry Ravetz
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to topics such as algebra and chaos theory.
Introducing Media Studies: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar; Borin Van Loon (Illustrator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
The media is ubiquitous. Every day we watch hours of TV, listen to the radio, read newspapers and magazines, go to the cinema, sit in front of videos or surf the Web. These information commodities exercise enormous influence and power over all of us. Introducing Media Studies explores the complex relati ...Show more
Introducing Philosophy of Science : A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar; Borin Van Loon (Illustrator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series | Series: Introducing... Ser.
What do scientists actually do? Is science value-free ? How has science evolved through history? Where is science leading us? Introducing Philosophy of Science is a clear and incisively illustrated map of the big questions underpinning science. It is essential reading for students, the general public, a ...Show more
Introducing Science by Ziauddin Sardar
$19.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series