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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 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 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 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
50 Universe Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
For millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our own time has the true scale, the astonishing variety and the remarkable strangeness of the cosmos come clearly into focus. The pace and soph ...Show more
Earth: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know by Martin Redfern
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
This latest book in the bestselling '50 Ideas' series is a wonderfully accessible overview of the only place we know of in the universe that is capable of sustaining life. Expert popular science writer Martin Redfern covers all the natural processes of the Earth: climate, ocean currents, air currents, t ...Show more
History of War: 50 Ideas You Really Need To Know by Robin Cross
Category: History | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Human history - from the empires of the ancient world to the superpowers of the 21st century - has been inextricably shaped by conflict and the weapons that have been used to wage it. The technologies that have produced advanced civilizations have also been harnessed to the grim business of warfare. Thi ...Show more
The Future: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know by Richard Watson
Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
What will the world look like in 2020, 2030 or even 2100? How will progress in scientific research affect human life in the areas of health and lifestyle, energy and the environment, politics and conflict, space exploration and even the ultimate questions of existence? This book offers an electrifying t ...Show more
World History: 50 Events You Really Need to Know by Ian Crofton
Category: Australian History | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To remedy this, World History: 50 Key Milestones You Really Need to Know offers brief and stimulating outlines ...Show more