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50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need To Know by Ben Dupre
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Have you ever lain awake at night fretting over how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? Perhaps we are in fact disembodied brains, floating in vats at the whim of some deranged puppet-master? If so, you are not alone - and what's more, you are in exalted company. For this question and o ...Show more
50 Philosophy of Science Ideas You Really Need to Know by Gareth Southwell
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Science first began as a branch of philosophy, but it has since grown up and moved out of the family home, and its successes have put its parent in the shade. Thanks to scientific knowledge we have walked on the Moon, cured once-fatal illnesses, and even identified the very building blocks of life and t ...Show more
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
We encounter physics before we've even left the house in the morning; an alarm clock tracks time, a mirror reflects light waves and our mobile phones rely on satellites held in their orbit by gravity. Where would we be without the Bernoulli equation to explain how planes fly, electromagnetic waves enab ...Show more
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In this, the second volume in an important new series presenting core concepts across a range of critical areas of human knowledge, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of 20th-century scientific theory for a general readership. She explains ideas at the cutting-edge of scientific enquiry, maki ...Show more
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
We encounter physics before we've even left the house in the morning; an alarm clock tracks time, a mirror reflects light waves and our mobile phones rely on satellites held in their orbit by gravity.Where would we be without the Bernoulli equation to explain how planes fly, electromagnetic waves enabli ...Show more
50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre
Category: Politics | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
At a time of corrosive popular cynicism and profound international unease, the need for clarity over the fundamental concepts of politics has never been greater: the forces of Terrorism and Fundamentalism endanger our Security, while government responses to it pose a basic threat to Liberty, Democracy a ...Show more
50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre
Category: Politics | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Ben Dupre introduces and explains the fundamental concepts of politics including political theory, ideologies and the machinery of politics.From revolution to feminism, monarchy to political parties, 50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introducti ...Show more
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adrian Furnham
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
Psychology is everywhere in today's society. Psychology seeks to understand and explain thoughts, feelings and behaviour through a dizzying array of ideas and theories, shedding light on everything from memory and attitude formation to delusions of grandeur and alcoholism, to name a few.In 50 Psychology ...Show more
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adrian Furnham
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? Psychology is everywhere in today's society. No crime fiction, documentary, chat show or medical consultation is complete without the introduction of a ...Show more
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Following on from the highly successful 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know, author Joanne Baker consolidates the foundation concepts of physics and moves on to present clear explanations of the most cutting-edge area of science: quantum physics. With 50 concise chapters covering complex theories a ...Show more
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inner workings of our universe.From Schrodinger's cat to Einstein's theory of relativity, energy conservation to speed of light, 50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need t ...Show more
50 Religious Ideas You Really Need to Know by Peter Stanford
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Despite frequent prognostications regarding the death of God' and the triumph of secular materialism, religion remains a central component in the lives of most people around the world. There are currently thought to be 2 billion Christians, 1.2 billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus, along with some 700 mi ...Show more